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Lind Name Meaning
Scandinavian, English, Dutch, and Jewish (Ashkenazic):
topographic name for someone who lived by a lime tree, Middle English
lind. As a Jewish and Swedish name, it is often of ornamental
origin.South German, and Jewish (Ashkenazic):
nickname for a gentle, tolerant man, from Middle High German
lint, linde ‘gentle’, ‘mild’.North
German and Danish: habitational name from any of various places named
with Lind ‘lime tree’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Name Distribution of Lind Families
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United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Lind families
 195 - 388  66 - 194 |
 1 - 65  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Lind families
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30 - 58 11 - 29 |
1 - 10 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Lind families
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59 - 116 20 - 58 |
1 - 19 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Lind Family Origin
Lind Immigration Information
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Lind Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
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