Fun Facts About the Name Lyndsy
- 622 babies named Lyndsy: U.S. records list 622 babies given the name Lyndsy from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Lyndsy Mean?
Lyndsy is a variant spelling of the name Lindsay (also Lindsey), which comes from an English place name and entered wider use as a Scottish surname. The customary meaning is "island of linden trees," from Old English lind ("linden tree") and īeg ("island"). The place behind the name is Lindsey in Lincolnshire, England. A second explanation traces the first element to a Brittonic word for a lake or pool, related to Welsh llyn and preserved in the Latin name Lindum for Lincoln, which would give the sense "island of the lake" or "pool island." The linden-tree reading and the lake reading both circulate, and which one is original to the Lincolnshire place name is disputed; the linden-tree gloss is the one traditionally attached to the personal name.
Lyndsy Name History & Origins
Lyndsy belongs to a set of respellings of Lindsay that replace the second a or e with y, alongside Lyndsey, Lynsey, and Lindsy. The parent name began as a surname: a family recorded in Scotland as de Lindesay held lands there by the 12th century, taking its name from the Lincolnshire district of Lindsey. The surname later spread through Scotland, England, and Ireland.
As a first name, Lindsay was long used for men in Scotland and northern England - the Scottish poet Sir David Lindsay (about 1490 - 1555) is one example - before the name came to be given far more often to girls in the 20th century. The y-spellings are largely a product of that later feminine use, and Lyndsy is a comparatively uncommon member of the group.
How Popular is the Name Lyndsy?
Lyndsy 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 1982. Its best rank was #2,135 in 1982.
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 | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | #16,672 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2007 | #14,857 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2006 | #12,022 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2005 | #9,864 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 2004 | #11,255 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2003 | #10,129 | 10 | 0.0005% |
| 2002 | #13,060 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2001 | #11,616 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 2000 | #10,395 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1999 | #6,091 | 17 | 0.0010% |
| 1998 | #6,936 | 14 | 0.0008% |
| 1997 | #6,359 | 15 | 0.0009% |
| 1996 | #8,566 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 1995 | #5,145 | 19 | 0.0011% |
| 1994 | #6,525 | 14 | 0.0008% |
| 1993 | #5,832 | 16 | 0.0009% |
| 1992 | #4,624 | 22 | 0.0012% |
| 1991 | #4,737 | 21 | 0.0011% |
| 1990 | #3,861 | 27 | 0.0014% |
| 1989 | #3,626 | 28 | 0.0015% |
| 1988 | #3,972 | 23 | 0.0013% |
| 1987 | #3,295 | 28 | 0.0016% |
| 1986 | #3,173 | 29 | 0.0017% |
| 1985 | #2,520 | 39 | 0.0023% |
| 1984 | #2,446 | 39 | 0.0023% |
| 1983 | #2,258 | 43 | 0.0026% |
| 1982 | #2,135 | 48 | 0.0028% |
| 1981 | #2,898 | 31 | 0.0019% |
| 1980 | #4,876 | 15 | 0.0009% |
| 1979 | #4,528 | 16 | 0.0010% |
| 1978 | #4,378 | 16 | 0.0010% |
| 1977 | #6,146 | 10 | 0.0007% |
| 1976 | #8,759 | 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.
