Entry № 5955 · English origin

Lindsey Lindsey — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ LIN-zee /
Gender
Girl
Origin
English
Meaning
"Linden tree island (Lindsey Vonn, four-time World Cup champion)"
Syllables
2
First recorded
Medieval (English)

A name that means "linden tree island (lindsey vonn, four-time world cup champion)".

Lindsey is from the Old English place-name Lindesēg — "island of the linden trees" — originally a region in Lincolnshire. Olympic gold (downhill, Vancouver 2010), bronze (Pyeongchang 2018). Retired in 2019 after 19 surgeries; her comeback at age 40 to make the 2026 Olympic team was a major sports story. Lindsey Buckingham (Fleetwood Mac) is male.

Linden tree island.

The name in its native script.

Lindsey
Transliteration
Lindsey
Pronunciation
/ ˈlɪn.zi /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Lindsey stands.

Lindsey does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Lindseys before her.

Real people
Lindsey Vonn
American Alpine ski racer.
born 1984
Lindsey Stirling
American electronic violinist.
born 1986
In fiction
Lindsey
Various American TV roles.

Names connected to Lindsey.

The number behind Lindsey.

7

The Seeker

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Lindsey reduce to 7, The Seeker. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.