Lindy (name)
Lindy is a unisex given name and a nickname. As a female given name, it is a variant of names like Linda, Belinda, and Melinda, and the meaning of Lindy is "beautiful; pretty; sweet."[1] As a male name, it is a variant of names such as Lindsay and Lyndon, and the meaning is "linden tree mountain; Lincoln's marsh; island of linden trees; linden tree hill."[2]
Lindy was most popular in the year 1979, when it ranked 586th.[3]
People
Given name
Women
- Lindy Booth (born 1979), Canadian actress
- Lyndy or Lindy Brill (born 1963), British actress and singer
- Lindy Burns, Australian presenter
- Lindy Davies (born 1946), Australian actress, director and drama teacher
- Lindy DeKoven, American television executive
- Lindy Elkins-Tanton, American planetary scientist
- Lindy Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood ( 1941–2020), British artist, conservationist and businesswoman
- Lindy Hemming (born 1948), Welsh Oscar-winning costume designer
- Lindy Hou (born 1960), Australian tandem cyclist and triathlete
- Lindy Kelly (born 1952), New Zealand writer
- Lindy Leveau-Agricole (born 1978), Seychellois javelin thrower
- Lindy Robbins, American songwriter
- Lindy Rodwell (born 1962), South African zoologist and conservationist
- Lindy Vivas (fl. 1979–1992), American former volleyball player and coach
- Lindy Vopnfjörð (born 1972), Canadian singer-songwriter
- Lindy West (born 1982), American writer, feminist and editor
- Lindy Melissa Wiik (born 1985), Norwegian footballer
- Lindy Wilson, South African politician
Men
- Lindy Berry (1927-2014), American college football and Canadian Football League quarterback
- Lindy Fralin, American guitar pickup manufacturer
- Lindy Kasperski (1950–2014), Canadian politician
- Lindy Miller (born 1956), American professional golfer
- Lindy Pearson (1929–2011), American National Football League player
- Lindy Remigino (1931–2018), American sprinter, 1952 Olympic 100 m champion
- Lindy Ruff (born 1960), Canadian National Hockey League coach and former player
Nickname
Women
Men
Fictional characters
- Lindy, from Alex Flinn's novel Beastly and the film of the same name
- Lindy Karsten, from CrossGen Entertainment's Sigilverse
- Lindy, a fairy character from Noddy in Toyland
- Lindy Sampson, the protagonist in R. L. Stine's novel Eye Candy and main character in the hit MTV television series Eye Candy
- Lindy Watson, from Disney Channel's I Didn't Do It
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