Fun Facts About the Name Lindi
- More than 1 thousand babies named Lindi: U.S. records list 1,140 babies given the name Lindi from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Lindi Mean?
Lindi is a feminine given name with two separate sources. In Albanian it comes from the verb lind, "to be born," and is related to names such as Lindita and Lind; its literal sense is "born" or "birth," and the same root gives lindja, which means both "birth" and "east, sunrise." In English, Lindi is mainly a spelling variant of Lindy, a diminutive of Linda or Lindsay. Linda's own etymology is debated: it is usually traced to Old High German lind, "soft, tender, gentle," while the identical Spanish and Italian word linda, "pretty," reinforced the name in those languages. The Albanian and English names look alike but are not related.
Lindi Name History & Origins
Albanian names built on lind are used by Albanian speakers in Albania, Kosovo, North Macedonia, and the diaspora. Lindita, formed from the same root, is the better-known member of this group, and Lindi appears alongside it as a shorter form that also stands on its own.
In the English-speaking world, Lindi belongs with the forms made from Linda and Lindy. Linda was in use in the English-speaking world by the nineteenth century and grew much more frequent in the twentieth, and the familiar endings -y and -i produced Lindy and Lindi. Lindi is also used as a short form of Lindsay, a name taken from a Scottish surname. The final i is one of several spellings used for the same spoken name, alongside Lindy and Lyndi.
Lindi is also the name of a town and region on the coast of southeastern Tanzania. That place name has its own local background and is not the source of the personal name.
How Popular is the Name Lindi?
Lindi has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 1983. Its best rank was #2,180 in 1961.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #14,214 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 2024 | #10,706 | 9 | 0.0006% |
| 2023 | #16,595 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2022 | #9,390 | 11 | 0.0007% |
| 2021 | #11,730 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 2020 | #12,913 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2019 | #11,977 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 2018 | #12,050 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 2017 | #13,530 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2016 | #7,828 | 15 | 0.0008% |
| 2015 | #13,866 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2013 | #8,396 | 14 | 0.0008% |
| 2012 | #16,087 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2010 | #10,896 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 2008 | #13,301 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 2007 | #7,286 | 18 | 0.0009% |
| 2006 | #11,095 | 10 | 0.0005% |
| 2005 | #8,150 | 14 | 0.0008% |
| 2004 | #9,031 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 2003 | #8,289 | 13 | 0.0007% |
| 2002 | #8,103 | 13 | 0.0007% |
| 2001 | #10,628 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2000 | #9,591 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 1999 | #9,209 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 1998 | #6,570 | 15 | 0.0008% |
| 1997 | #7,108 | 13 | 0.0007% |
| 1996 | #6,973 | 13 | 0.0007% |
| 1995 | #7,845 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 1994 | #7,927 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 1993 | #6,877 | 13 | 0.0007% |
| 1992 | #6,510 | 14 | 0.0008% |
| 1991 | #4,417 | 23 | 0.0012% |
| 1990 | #4,324 | 23 | 0.0012% |
| 1989 | #3,844 | 26 | 0.0014% |
| 1988 | #3,967 | 23 | 0.0013% |
| 1987 | #4,068 | 21 | 0.0012% |
| 1986 | #3,172 | 29 | 0.0017% |
| 1985 | #2,569 | 38 | 0.0022% |
| 1984 | #3,194 | 27 | 0.0016% |
| 1983 | #2,457 | 38 | 0.0023% |
| 1982 | #3,378 | 25 | 0.0015% |
| 1981 | #2,892 | 31 | 0.0019% |
| 1980 | #3,106 | 28 | 0.0017% |
| 1979 | #2,507 | 37 | 0.0023% |
| 1978 | #2,654 | 32 | 0.0021% |
| 1977 | #2,878 | 28 | 0.0018% |
| 1976 | #4,070 | 16 | 0.0011% |
| 1975 | #4,049 | 16 | 0.0011% |
| 1974 | #2,799 | 26 | 0.0018% |
| 1973 | #3,876 | 16 | 0.0011% |
| 1972 | #4,007 | 15 | 0.0010% |
| 1971 | #3,732 | 17 | 0.0010% |
| 1970 | #7,576 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1969 | #4,602 | 11 | 0.0007% |
| 1968 | #3,705 | 14 | 0.0009% |
| 1967 | #4,819 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1966 | #4,700 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1965 | #6,202 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1964 | #2,784 | 21 | 0.0011% |
| 1963 | #4,418 | 10 | 0.0005% |
| 1962 | #4,726 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1961 | #2,180 | 30 | 0.0015% |
| 1960 | #3,285 | 15 | 0.0007% |
| 1959 | #2,558 | 21 | 0.0010% |
| 1958 | #3,171 | 15 | 0.0007% |
| 1957 | #3,095 | 15 | 0.0007% |
| 1956 | #2,885 | 17 | 0.0008% |
| 1955 | #3,487 | 12 | 0.0006% |
| 1954 | #4,487 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 1953 | #2,879 | 15 | 0.0008% |
| 1952 | #5,249 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1951 | #3,398 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 1950 | #5,750 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1948 | #4,999 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 1946 | #4,741 | 6 | 0.0004% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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