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The lindsey Surname

lindsey Name Meaning and History

  1. Variant spelling of Scottish Lindsay.
  2. 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).
  3. 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.

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Distribution of lindsey Families in the US in 1920
Number of lindsey families
 270-537
 91-269
 1-90
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