The lindsey Surname

lindsey Name Meaning and History

Variant spelling of Scottish Lindsay.
Irish: reduced and Anglicized form of various Gaelic surnames, as for example Ó Loingsigh (see Lynch 1), Mac Giolla Fhionntóg (see McClintock), and Ó Fhloinn (see Flynn).
English: habitational name from Lindsey in Suffolk, named in Old English as ‘island (Old English eg) of Lelli’, a personal name representing a byform of an unattested name Lealla.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4

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lindsey Family Facts

Distribution of lindsey Families in the US in 1920

Number of lindsey families

270-537

91-269

1-90

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