Lindsay (name)
Name list
Lindsay () is both a Scottish surname and a given name . The given name comes from the Scottish surname and clan name, which comes from the toponym Lindsey , which in turn comes from the Old English toponym Lindesege ("Island of Lind") for the city of Lincoln , in which Lind is the original Brittonic form of the name of Lincoln and island refers to Lincoln being an island in the surrounding fenland.[ 1] [ 2] Lindum Colonia City of Lincoln in Lincolnshire . (Lindum Colonia was shortened in Old English to Lindocolina and then Lincylene.)[ 3] Lindum was a Latinized form of a native Brittonic name which has been reconstructed as *Lindon , which means "pool" or "lake" (cf. the second part of the name Dublin and modern Welsh llyn [ 4] Brayford Pool .
In the late 19th century, the surnames Lindsay and Lindsey began to be used as given names, at first only as masculine names. They remained typically masculine until the 1960s in Britain and the 1970s in the United States . They are both now unisex names in the United States. In Australia, New Zealand, and Scotland, Lindsay remains popular for masculine use and Lindsey has mainly become feminine.[ 2] [ 1] [ 5] [ 6] [ 7]
Surname
The surname comes from the name of the Anglo-Saxon kingdom of Lindsey . The first user was Sir Walter de Lindesay, one of the retainers of David I of Scotland .[ 2]
The surname of Lindsay continued to be borne by the Earls of Balcarres and Earls of Crawford , down to the current holder of the title, Anthony Lindsay, 30th Earl of Crawford (born 1958), while the Earls of Lindsay have used the additional surname of Lindesay since its adoption by Reginald Lindesay-Bethune, 12th Earl of Lindsay in 1919.
The names of John de Lindsay (died 1335), Ingram Lindsay (15th century) David Lyndsay (c. 1490 – c. 1555) and Robert Lindsay of Pitscottie (1532–1580) are early examples of the name being used as "surname" by members of lower nobility in Scotland. Lindsay was used in the United Kingdom by younger sons of the Lindsay clan chiefs, acquiring the status of common surname in the course of the 19th century.
The surname Lindsay is also found in Northern Ireland . Irish people called Lindsay are either descended from members of the Scottish clan Lindsay who migrated to Ireland, or alternatively of the Gaelic O'Loinsigh sept , who sometimes anglicized their name as Lindsay , even though more common anglicizations were Lynch or Linchey. In addition, the MacClintock (MacIlliuntaig ) family anglicized their name as Lindsay in the 17th century.
Five men called Linsey are recorded as heads of families in the 1790 United States Census of Prince George's County.[ 8]
People named Lindsay
Surname
Alec Lindsay (born 1948), English international footballer (Liverpool FC)Alexander Lindsay Jr. (1871–1926), Justice of the Territorial Supreme Court of HawaiiAlvin Francis Lindsay (1882–1957), American politician, Missouri state representativeAnna Lindsay (1845–1903), Scottish women's activistAnna Robertson Brown Lindsay (1864–1948), American theologianArchie Lindsay (1882–?), Scottish footballerArthur Fydell Lindsay (1816–1895), South Australian surveyor and politicianArto Lindsay (born 1953), American musicianChike Lindsay (born 1983), American kickboxerCressida Lindsay (1930-2010), English novelistDaryl Lindsay (1889–1976), Australian, brother of Norman LindsayDavid Lindsay (explorer) (1856–1922) leader of 1891 Elder expedition to Central AustraliaDavid Lyndsay (poet) (c. 1490 – c. 1555), also spelled Lindsay, renaissance poet in the court of James V of ScotlandDavid Lyndsay, a literary pseudonym of Mary Diana Dods (1790–1830)
Dora Lindsay (c. 1870s – c. 1940s), Scottish comedian and singerDuncan Morton Lindsay (1902–1972), Scottish football playerGermaine Lindsay (1985–2005), Jamaican-born British Islamist terrorist involved in the 7 July 2005 London bombings Gillian Lindsay (born 1973), Scottish rowerHarry Lindsay (1881–1963), British civil servant and administratorHilarie Lindsay (1922–2021), Australian toy manufacturer and writerIain Lindsay (born 1959), British diplomatJack Lindsay (1900-1990), Australian writer, son of Norman LindsayJames Lindsay (British Army officer) (1815–1874), British Conservative Member of Parliament for Wigan, second son of James Lindsay, 24th Earl of Crawford James Alexander Lindsay (physician) (1856–1931), British physician and professor of medicineJames Lindsay (North Devon MP) (1906–1997)Jeff Lindsay (writer) (born 1952), American fiction writerJohn Lindsay (1921–2000), American politicianJoseph Lindsay (1858–1933), Scottish international footballerJustine Lindsay (born 1992), American dancer and NFL CheerleaderLionel Lindsay (1874–1961), Australian artist, brother of Norman LindsayMark Lindsay (born 1942), American pop singerMaurice Lindsay (rugby league) , rugby league administrator (Wigan)Maurice Lindsay (broadcaster) (1918–2009), Scottish broadcaster, writer and poetMorgan Lindsay (1857–1935), a British Army officer and racehorse trainerNorman Lindsay (1879–1969), Australian artist, of famous Lindsay familyPatrick Lindsay (disambiguation) Percy Lindsay (1870–1952), Australian artist, brother of Norman LindsayPhilip Lindsay (1906-1958), Australian writer, son of Norman LindsayPhillip Lindsay (born 1994), American football playerReg Lindsay (1929–2008), Australian country and western singerRobert Lindsay (disambiguation) Ronald Lindsay (1877–1945), UK Ambassador to the United States, fifth son of James Lindsay, 26th Earl of Crawford Ruby Lindsay (1885–1919), Australian artist, sister of Norman LindsayRus Lindsay , American college football and baseball playerRyan Lindsay (born 1976), Canadian former professional ice hockey playerRyan Lindsay (born 1993), Canadian country music singerSandie Lindsay, 1st Baron Lindsay of Birker (1879–1952), Master of Balliol College, Oxford , son of Thomas Martin LindsaySir Martin Lindsay, 1st Baronet , British politician and explorer (1905–1981)Ted Lindsay (1925–2019), Canadian–American ice hockey playerThomas Martin Lindsay (1843–1914)Vachel Lindsay (1879–1931), American poetWilliam Lauder Lindsay (1829–1880), Scottish physician and botanistWillie Kirkpatrick Lindsay (1875-1954), American educator and temperance activistYvonne Lindsay , romance novelist from New Zealand
Given name
Lindsay Gender unisex Word/name clan name , from toponym Lindsey Related names Lindsey, Linsay, Limsay, Linsey, Lyndsay , Lyndsey, Lynsey, Lynsay, Linzey, Lynzi, Lynzie, Lynsi, Linzie, Linzi, Lindsy, Lyndsy, Lynnsey, Lindsee, Lynsie, Lyndsie, Lyndzee
Male
Lindsay Anderson (1923–1994), British film directorLindsay Barrett (born 1941), Jamaican-born writerLindsay Brown (baseball) (1911–1987), American baseball playerLindsay Crosby (1938–1989); American actor and singerLindsay Dawson (born 1959), American artistLindsay Gaze (born 1936), Australian basketball player and coachLindsay Hamilton (born 1962), Scottish footballerLindsay Hassett (1913–1993), Australian Test cricketerLindsay Hoyle (born 1957), Speaker of the House of Commons, Member of Parliament for Chorley (England)Lindsay Kemp (1938–2018), British dancer, actor, teacher, mime artist and choreographerLindsay Kline (1934–2015), Australian Test cricketerLindsay Knapp (born 1970), Football playerLindsay G. Merrithew (born 1964), Canadian entrepreneur, executive producer, producer, and actorLindsay Rogers (1891–1970), Burgess Professor of Public Law, Columbia University (1920–1959); Director, Social Science Research Council (1934–36)Lindsay Scott (born 1960), American football playerLindsay Sloper (1826–1887), English pianistLindsay Tait (born 1982), New Zealand basketball playerLindsay Tuckett (1919–2016), South African cricketerLindsay Weir (1908–2003), New Zealand cricketer
Female
Lindsay Armstrong (born before 1970[year needed ), South-African born Australian writerLindsay Armaou (born 1978), Greek-Irish singer and actressLindsay Bartholomew (born 1944), English artistLindsay Cooper (1951–2013), English musician and political activistLindsay Czarniak (born 1977), American sports anchor and reporterLindsay Davenport (born 1976), American tennis playerLindsay Ell (born 1989), Canadian country singer-songwriter and guitaristLindsay Ellingson (born 1984), American fashion model, Victoria's Secret Angel Lindsay Ellis (born 1984), American film critic and authorLindsay Felton (born 1984), American actressLindsay Gottlieb (born 1977), American basketball coachLindsay Hartley (born 1978), American actressLindsay Hawker (1984–2007), British murder victimLindsay Lee-Waters (born 1977), American tennis playerLindsay Lohan (born 1986), American actress and singerLindsay Morton , American cancer epidemiologistLindsay Pagano (born 1986), American singerLindsay Price (born 1976), American actress and singerLindsay Rimer (1981–1994) British unsolved murder victimLindsay Seidel , American voice actressLindsay Sloane (born 1977), American actressLindsay Tarpley (born 1983), American soccer playerLindsay Taylor (born 1981), American basketball playerLindsay Wagner (born 1949), American actressLindsay Whalen (born 1982), American basketball player
Notable fictional characters
People named Lindsey
Surname
Adrian Lindsey (1895–1980), American athlete and coachArthur Ward Lindsey (1894–1963), American entomologistBen Lindsey (basketball) (born c. 1939), American collegiate basketball coachBen Lindsey (jurist) (1869–1943), American judge and social reformerBrandon Lindsey , American football playerCharles H. Lindsey , British computer scientistChris Lindsey , American country music songwriter and producerIsaac Coleman Lindsey (1892–1968), Louisiana politicianDavid L. Lindsey , novelistGeoff Lindsey , writerGeorge Lindsey , American actorHal Lindsey , American evangelist and Christian writerHillary Lindsey , country music songwriterJim Lindsey , University of Arkansas trusteeJohanna Lindsey (1952–2019), American romance novelistJune Lindsey (1922–2021), British-Canadian physicist and crystallographerKate Lindsey , American operatic mezzo-sopranoKorey Lindsey , American football playerLawrence B. Lindsey , economistMartin Lindsey , English vice-chancellorMelvin Lindsey , broadcasterStephen Lindsey , American politicianSteve Lindsey , American record producerSteven W. Lindsey , American astronautTheophilus Lindsey , theologian, founder of Unitarianism in England
Given name
Male
Lindsey Buckingham (born 1949), American guitarist, singer, composer, and producer, member of Fleetwood MacLindsey Durlacher (1974–2011), American Greco-Roman wrestlerLindsey Graham (born 1955), American politician and US Senator from South Carolina since 2003Spessard Lindsey Holland (1892–1971), American politicianLindsey Hugh Holliman , politicianLindsey Hughes , historianLindsey Hunter (born 1970), American basketball playerLindsey Lamar , American football playerLindsey Lee Moore (1892–1983), American politician from VirginiaLindsey Nelson (1919–1995), American sportscasterJay Lindsey Tibbs , baseball playerLindsey Witten (born 1988), American football player
Female
Lindsey Berg (born 1980), American volleyball playerLindsey Cardinale (born 1985), American singer and American Idol contestantLindsey Davis (born 1949), English novelistLindsey Decker (1923–1994), American artistLindsey Earner-Byrne , Professor of Irish Gender HistoryLindsey Evans (born 1989), American fashion model and beauty queenLindsey German (born 1951), British politicianLindsey Halligan , American lawyerLindsey Haun (born 1984), American actress and singerLindsey Hilsum (born 1958), English news reporterLindsey Jacobellis (born 1985), American snowboarderLindsey McKeon (born 1982), American actressLindsey Moore (born 1991), American basketball playerLindsey Pelas (born 1991), American modelLindsey Russell (born 1991), British television presenterLindsey Shaw (born 1989), American actressLindsey Stirling (born 1986), American violinistLindsey Van (born 1984), American ski jumperLindsey Vonn (born 1984), American alpine skierLindsey Vuolo (born 1981), photographer's modelLindsey Wixson (born 1994), American fashion modelLindsey Wright (born 1979), American professional golferLindsey Zurbrugg (born 1998), American wheelchair basketball player
Notable fictional characters
Other variations
Lyndsay
Linsay
Linsey
Surname Given names
Lyndsie
Lyndsey
Lyndsy
Lynsay
Lynsey
Lynsey Addario (born 1973), American photojournalistLynsey Alexander (born 1983), Scottish make-up artistLynsey Askew (born 1986), English cricketerLynsey Bartilson (born 1983), American actorLynsey Baxter (born 1959), English actorLynsey de Paul (born 1948), English singer-songwriterLynsey DuFour , American television soap opera writerLynsey Dyer (born 1983), American freestyle skierLynsey Hipgrave (born 1979), English television and radio presenter formerly known as Lynsey HornLynsey McCullough (born 1991), Irish tennis playerLynsey Sharp (born 1990), Scottish athleteFictional characters
Linni
See also
Notes
^ a b The Wordsworth Dictionary of First Names, p. 136
^ a b c A Dictionary of First Names by Patrick Hanks, Kate Hardcastle, and Flavia Hodges^ "Anglo-Saxon Chronicle – Parker MS: entry for 942" . Archived from the original on 1 May 2011.^ Delamarre, Xavier, Dictionnaire de la langue gauloise, Errance, 2003 (2nd ed.), p. 203.
^ Campbell, Mike. "Meaning, origin and history of the name Lindsay" . Behind the Name . Retrieved 17 November 2017 . ^ "Lindsey – Popularity of Lindsey, How Popular Is the name Lindsey?" . www.ourbabynamer.com . Retrieved 17 November 2017 .^ "Lindsay – Popularity of Lindsay, How Popular Is the name Lindsay?" . www.ourbabynamer.com . Retrieved 17 November 2017 .^ "RootsWeb.com Home Page" . freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com . Retrieved 28 December 2017 .^ Lindsey-Meaning and origin of the name Lindsey [dead link ]
