Details for the forename Lindsay

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Lindsay (female)


Variants:	Linzi (F) Linzie (F) Lynsay (F)
Diminutive(s):	Lin (F)
Pet Name(s):	Lyn (F) Lynn (F) Lynne (F)
Can be spelt:	Lindsey (F) Linsay (F) Linsey (F) Lyndsay (F) Lyndsey (F) Lynsey (F)
Masculine form:	Lindsay (M)

Source(s):	FreeCEN 1841 Census of Aberdeenshire The Oxford Names Companion, OUP "Scottish Forenames" - Donald Whyte, FGH, FSG
Notes:	Scottish and English male and female name, from the surname which is from Old English for "Lincoln(shire) wetlands". Nowadays Lindsay is more frequently a girl's name. Although Lindsay was originally mainly a Scottish surname, the forename has very few occurrences in the 1841 Census of Aberdeenshire. None of the variant spellings nor those of Linsay occur.