Female name
Lindsay
296 births (England and Wales, 1996–2025), peaking in 1996. Expression number: 3.
Origin
From Lindsey in Lincolnshire, from Old English Lindesēġe, Lindesīġe (“Isle of Lind”), 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 + Old English ēġ (“island”); cf. modern Welsh llyn and Dublin.From Wiktionary, entry “Lindsay”, text under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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How many babies received it
From the official birth registers.
In England and Wales
Peak in 1996: 52 births. 296 births from 1996 to 2025. A name given mostly in the 1990s. Fewer than ten births recorded from 2021 to 2025.
Source: Office for National Statistics, Baby names in England and Wales, Open Government Licence v3.0.
In the United States
Peak in 1983: 8,713 births. 135,501 births from 1880 to 2025. A name given mostly in the 1980s and 1990s. At its peak, it ranked 36th among girls' names in 1983. It is given to girls (96%) as well as boys (4%). It really came into use around 1893. It is still given: 548 births from 2021 to 2025.
Source: Social Security Administration, Popular Baby Names, public domain.
In Ireland
Peak in 1984: 34 births. 317 births from 1964 to 2025. A name given mostly in the 1980s. It really came into use around 1982. Fewer than ten births recorded from 2021 to 2025.
Source: Central Statistics Office, Irish Babies' Names, CC BY 4.0.
Elsewhere in the world
The name in the birth records of the 10 countries we track. The period covered varies from country to country.
| Country | Births | Period | Best rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | 9,050 | 1900–2025 | — |
| Quebec | 752 | 1980–2025 | — |
| Switzerland | 243* | 1915–2025 | — |
* These are the people living in the country, counted by year of birth, not the number of births.
Source: INSEE, Fichier des prénoms, Etalab Open Licence 2.0; Retraite Québec, Banque de prénoms, CC BY 4.0; Federal Statistical Office, First names of the population by year of birth, free use with attribution.
The numbers of the name
Each letter has a value: A = 1, B = 2… I = 9, then J = 1 again (Pythagorean method). We add them up, then reduce to a single digit, except 11, 22 and 33.
■ vowel · ■ consonant
Expression
All the letters: talents, the way you act.
3
expression, creativity, sociability
3 + 9 + 5 + 4 + 1 + 1 + 7 = 30 → 3
Soul
The vowels: what drives you deep down.
1
initiative, independence, beginnings
9 + 1 = 10 → 1
Personality
The consonants: what others notice first.
2
cooperation, sensitivity, connection
3 + 5 + 4 + 1 + 7 = 20 → 2
- Digits missing from the name
- 2, 6, 8
- Most frequent digit
- 1 · initiative, independence, beginnings
The meaning of the numbers comes from numerological tradition; it isn't a measure of your personality. A full portrait needs your first and middle names, your last name at birth, and your date of birth. How we calculate
Your name and theirs
The number of each name, and the number of the bond, which comes from adding them together. A symbolic game: what your two names say together, to be read as a metaphor, not as a verdict on your relationship.