Fun Facts About the Name Linsy
- 299 babies named Linsy: U.S. records list 299 babies given the name Linsy from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Linsy Mean?
Linsy is a modern spelling of the English name Lindsey (also written Lindsay), which began as a surname taken from the place name Lindsey in Lincolnshire, England. The first element of that place name reflects Brittonic *lindo-, "pool" or "lake," a word related to Welsh llyn; the same element appears in Lindum, the Roman name of the settlement that became Lincoln. The name is usually understood as "island of the pool," with the second part often identified as Old English ēg, "island." That second element is not settled, since the earliest English records give the district as Lindissi or Lindesse, endings that are older than the -ey spellings appearing later.
Because the name entered given-name use through a surname, its meaning is the meaning of the place rather than a separate coinage. The Linsy spelling belongs to a group of variants - Lindsey, Lindsay, Lyndsey, Lynsey, Linsay - that are treated as the same name and differ mainly in spelling.
Linsy Name History & Origins
The surname Lindsey is recorded in England from the Middle Ages and identified a person from the Lincolnshire district. In Scotland, Lindsay became a prominent family name: the barony of Lindsay in Lanarkshire, held from the 12th century, took its name from the Lincolnshire place, and the family divided into branches such as Crawford and Balcarres. Medieval Scottish genealogies gave the family a legendary ancestor, but the place-name connection is the documented one.
Lindsay was in use as a boy's given name in Scotland and northern England by the 18th century, one of many surnames adopted as first names. Its use for girls came later, and in the 20th century Lindsay and Lindsey were widely used for girls in the English-speaking world. The spelling Linsy is a simplified phonetic form of the same name, matching the pattern of variants such as Lynsey and Linsay.
How Popular is the Name Linsy?
Linsy 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 1984. Its best rank was #5,099 in 1984.
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 | #16,312 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2024 | #16,627 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2023 | #10,015 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 2022 | #7,881 | 14 | 0.0009% |
| 2021 | #16,692 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2018 | #11,064 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2016 | #10,540 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 2015 | #12,502 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 2014 | #13,964 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2013 | #10,693 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 2011 | #14,202 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2010 | #12,979 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 2009 | #12,055 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2008 | #16,642 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2007 | #13,400 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 2006 | #10,327 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 2005 | #10,610 | 10 | 0.0005% |
| 2003 | #17,278 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2002 | #9,950 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 2001 | #9,799 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 1999 | #15,815 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1998 | #15,526 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1995 | #14,778 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1993 | #7,302 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 1992 | #12,667 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1991 | #10,968 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1990 | #10,887 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1989 | #6,783 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 1988 | #6,503 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 1987 | #9,372 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1986 | #10,279 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1985 | #7,300 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1984 | #5,099 | 14 | 0.0008% |
| 1983 | #7,719 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 1982 | #8,774 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1979 | #6,475 | 10 | 0.0006% |
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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