Lyndsey
A girls’ name of Old English origin, meaning lincoln's island; variant spelling of lindsey.
Babies a year
42
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list
Lyndsey by the numbers
Lyndsey was given to 42 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 687 babies in 1990, so it is a 1990s name that has since fallen a long way.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Lyndsey. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Lindseylinden tree island; variant of Lindsey316 in the US (2017)
- Lyndsayfrom the linden tree lake; a form of Lindsay13 in the US (2017)
- Lynseya form of lindsey; linden tree settlement5 in the US (2017)
- Lindsayfrom the linden tree island220 in the US (2017)
- Lynleylake clearing; a form of Lindley34 in the US (2017)
- Lindleylinden tree clearing31 in the US (2017)
Other names that mean an island
Like Lyndsey, each of these has an island in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Islaisland; from the river Islay1,959 in England and Wales (2025)
- Evelynnisland; a variant spelling of Evelyn938 in the US (2017)
- Skyesky; the Isle of Skye214 in England and Wales (2025)
- Kelseyisland of the ship; a place name799 in the US (2017)
- Whitneywhite island; from a place name336 in the US (2017)
- Irelandthe island nation; place name used as given name196 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Lyndsey
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