Lindsay

Meaning

Proper Noun

• from Lindsey in Lincolnshire, from the Old English name of the city of Lincoln, "Isle of Lind" ("Isle of Lincoln") in reference to it being surrounded by fenland.
• An Irish surname, a variant of Lindsey.
• A male given name from surnames.
• A female given name from surnames.
• city Tulare County (county) California (state) US (country).

Origin

• From Lindsey in Lincolnshire, from Old English Lindesēġe, Lindesīġe, the Old English name of the city of Lincoln, Lincolnshire, in which "Lind" comes from the Common Brittonic form of the name of Lincoln and "isle" refers to Lincoln being surrounded by fenland; from Proto-Brythonic *llɨnn ("pool"), from Proto-Celtic *lindos ("lake, liquid"), in reference to the Brayford + ēġ; cf. modern Welsh llyn and Dublin.