Lyndsey

Where Lyndsey comes from

Spelling variant. A less common spelling of Lindsay or Lindsey.
— Wiktionary's entry for Lyndsey
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1964
    First appearance
    #6,767 among girls, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1978
    Lyndsey Marshal born
    British actress
  3. 1983
    Peak, #343
    669 babies named Lyndsey — more than any year before or since.
  4. 1984
    Lyndsey Scott born
    American model, iOS mobile app software developer, and actress
  5. 2002
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #891.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name transferred from the surname.
Namesakes
  • Lyndsey Marshal · British actress, born 1978
  • Lyndsey Scott · American model, iOS mobile app software developer, and actress, born 1984
  • Lyndsey Gunnulfsen · American musician, born 1994
  • Lyndsey Fry · American ice hockey player, born 1992
  • Lyndsey Patterson · American soccer player, born 1982

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.