Líndsey

given name · Latin script

Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

Líndsey is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country. Recorded meaning: Old English Lindesege, ultimately from Proto-Brythonic *llɨnn (“pool”), from Proto-Celtic *lindos (“lake, liquid”) (as in Lincoln) + Old English ēġ (“island (of land)”).

rarermore common
  • USUnited States1 in 2.2K(measured from records)
  • BRBrazil1 in 264K
  • CRCosta Rica1 in 25K

carrying the name, as counted by each country's national register. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

United States (measured from records)

147,985 people, 2020

Sources
229 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 2.2K (inferred from the name graph)

United States

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

One other spelling is counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Lindsey in US United States, BR Brazil, ES Spain and 2 more.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

Derivation of Líndsey: each step is the form the one above it came from.
Líndsey
  1. Proto-Brythonic*llɨnn“pool”(measured from records)
  2. Proto-Celtic*lindos“lake“lake, liquid”(measured from records)

Old English Lindesege, ultimately from Proto-Brythonic *llɨnn (“pool”), from Proto-Celtic *lindos (“lake, liquid”) (as in Lincoln) + Old English ēġ (“island (of land)”).

Sources 5

  • Dictionary of American Family Names
  • The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
  • Wiktionary
  • Encyclopedia of surnames [the complete companion to tracing your names history]
  • Nordic Names

Attested across 15 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Líndsey counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Líndsey is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
US United States—147,9851 in 2.2K144KLindsey229
BR Brazil—8011 in 264K801Lindsey62
CR Costa Rica#7052031 in 25K203Lindsey25
SE Sweden—791 in 129K79—3
ES Spain—471 in 1.1M50Lindsey24
GY Guyana—141 in 54K14——
MZ Mozambique#311———Lindsey5

147,985 people counted by Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex, 2020. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror); INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos); INE — Nombres más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal); TSE — electoral roll (padrón) names; Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population); Guyana — Official List of Electors July 2025. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Evidence(measured from records)

No register attests this spelling yet

None of the official registers or reference works in our corpus lists Líndsey under this spelling. The statistics on this page rest on person records, and the related names are inferred from the name graph.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Líndsey mean, and where does it come from?
Old English Lindesege, ultimately from Proto-Brythonic *llɨnn (“pool”), from Proto-Celtic *lindos (“lake, liquid”) (as in Lincoln) + Old English ēġ (“island (of land)”). Recorded by Dictionary of American Family Names and The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland and 3 other sources.
Is Líndsey a male or female name?
Líndsey is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
In which country does Líndsey have the most bearers?
In the United States, the national register counted about 148 thousand people named Líndsey, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled lindsey.
Where is Líndsey most common?
Líndsey is densest in the United States, where the national register counts about 1 in 2.2 thousand people carrying it.
How common is the name Líndsey?
In the United States, the national register counted 147,985 people named Líndsey in 2020, about 1 in 2.2 thousand residents.
How common is Líndsey compared with other names?
In Mozambique, Líndsey is the 311th most common given name of 1,034 given names recorded there.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Líndsey” — the 311th most common given name in Mozambique. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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