Lindsay is a girl's name of Irish and Celtic origin. Its meaning is not recorded in the standard references we check — we would rather tell you that plainly than guess. In 2024 it was given to 99 girls in the United States.
Lindsay belongs to the Irish & Celtic and English & American tradition. Its roots are documented, even though its precise meaning is not recorded in the standard references — an honest gap we prefer to a confident guess.
In the United States, Lindsay first appears in Social Security records in 1916. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #36 in 1983, and in 2024 99 babies received the name — 130,283 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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The meaning of Lindsay is not recorded in the standard references we check. Rather than repeat an unsourced claim, we leave it open — its Irish and Celtic origin is documented, but its exact meaning is not.
Lindsay is a girl name. In 2024, 99 babies received the name in the US.
Lindsay comes from the Irish & Celtic and English & American tradition.
Lindsay first appears in US records in 1916. Its best-ever ranking was #36 in 1983, and 99 babies were given the name in 2024.
Lindsay is pronounced /ˈlɪnzi/ (IPA).
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. If you spot an error, write to hello@namepetal.com — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.
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