Lindell

Where Lindell comes from

The dictionaries list Lindell as a given name — a male given name transferred from the surname — but don't trace where it came from. The record below is what the SSA data shows.

Along the way
  1. 1913
    First appearance
    #1,803 among boys, 10 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1949
    Peak, #817
    70 babies named Lindell — more than any year before or since.
  3. 1955
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #1,294.
  4. 1998
    Lindell Wigginton born
    Canadian basketball player
In the dictionary
  • A male given name transferred from the surname.
Namesakes
  • Lindell Wigginton · Canadian basketball player, born 1998

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.