Lyndsay
A girls’ name of uncertain origin, meaning from the linden tree lake; a form of Lindsay.
Babies a year
13
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list
Lyndsay by the numbers
Lyndsay was given to 13 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 403 babies in 1982, so it is a 1980s name that has since fallen a long way.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Lyndsay. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Lindsayfrom the linden tree island220 in the US (2017)
- Lyndseylincoln's island; variant spelling of lindsey42 in the US (2017)
- Lindseylinden tree island; variant of Lindsey316 in the US (2017)
- Lyndapretty, beautiful; a form of Linda32 in the US (2017)
- Lindsysoft linden tree; a form of Lindsey12 in the US (2017)
- Lynseya form of lindsey; linden tree settlement5 in the US (2017)
Other names that mean a tree
Like Lyndsay, each of these has a tree in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Oliviaolive tree; symbol of peace18,642 in the US (2017)
- Hazelthe hazel tree; hazel-eyed5,019 in the US (2017)
- Rowanlittle red one; the rowan tree1,398 in England and Wales (2025)
- Willowthe willow tree; grace, flexibility1,384 in England and Wales (2025)
- Ashleyash tree meadow2,549 in the US (2017)
- Arlofortified hill; barberry tree2,083 in England and Wales (2025)
Names about as common as Lyndsay
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