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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