Lindsay Forename
4,292nd
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 245,201 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
New Zealand
Lindsay Forename User-submission:
Lindsay is a unisex name, which means 'island of the linden trees'. It can also be spelled Lindsey, Lyndsay or Lyndsay.
Lindsay Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 100% | 128,417 | 1:2,823 | 489 |
| Canada | 100% | 28,296 | 1:1,171 | 268 |
| England | 87% | 27,541 | 1:2,019 | 336 |
| Australia | - | 14,392 | 1:949 | 204 |
| New Zealand | - | 13,801 | 1:329 | 56 |
| Scotland | 73% | 5,862 | 1:913 | 182 |
| South Africa | 66% | 5,792 | 1:9,415 | 1,634 |
| Mauritius | - | 2,522 | 1:515 | 40 |
| Belgium | 100% | 1,897 | 1:6,057 | 834 |
| Netherlands | 53% | 1,308 | 1:12,922 | 1,427 |
| France | 99% | 1,179 | 1:56,379 | 1,623 |
| Brazil | 66% | 1,163 | 1:184,210 | 8,455 |
| Wales | 75% | 1,010 | 1:3,064 | 460 |
| Philippines | 96% | 957 | 1:110,773 | 5,998 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 756 | 1:6,307 | 718 |
| Chile | 92% | 586 | 1:30,046 | 1,352 |
| Thailand | 88% | 548 | 1:127,857 | 9,892 |
| Peru | 98% | 467 | 1:68,076 | 2,933 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 466 | 1:66,121 | 7,124 |
| Papua New Guinea | 93% | 424 | 1:19,227 | 1,912 |
| Jamaica | - | 355 | 1:8,122 | 1,013 |
| Ghana | 100% | 337 | 1:80,078 | 3,677 |
| Zimbabwe | 79% | 330 | 1:46,739 | 4,135 |
| Venezuela | 99% | 308 | 1:98,058 | 4,507 |
| Northern Ireland | 58% | 297 | 1:6,206 | 633 |
| Malawi | 100% | 296 | 1:57,812 | 3,676 |
| Mexico | 99% | 296 | 1:419,407 | 5,133 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 286 | 1:72,724 | 6,418 |
| Gabon | 100% | 281 | 1:6,702 | 1,252 |
| Kenya | - | 270 | 1:171,508 | 7,384 |
| China | - | 260 | 1:5,254,061 | 55,882 |
| Ireland | 81% | 254 | 1:18,282 | 959 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 235 | 1:44,388 | 3,115 |
| Colombia | 100% | 199 | 1:240,095 | 5,189 |
| Poland | 100% | 188 | 1:202,272 | 3,614 |
| Guatemala | 100% | 168 | 1:95,884 | 2,163 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 160 | 1:8,509 | 1,306 |
| Vanuatu | - | 159 | 1:1,646 | 442 |
| Haiti | 100% | 145 | 1:73,979 | 4,517 |
| Morocco | - | 136 | 1:252,564 | 6,008 |
| Germany | 63% | 133 | 1:726,901 | 6,545 |
| Honduras | 100% | 132 | 1:66,799 | 2,634 |
| Qatar | 78% | 128 | 1:18,513 | 2,768 |
| Suriname | - | 115 | 1:4,807 | 1,027 |
| Spain | 100% | 109 | 1:426,880 | 5,869 |
| Malaysia | 72% | 95 | 1:320,526 | 16,048 |
| India | 50% | 87 | 1:13,964,115 | 373,785 |
| Barbados | - | 85 | 1:3,409 | 629 |
| Malta | - | 85 | 1:5,051 | 678 |
| Guyana | 84% | 76 | 1:10,043 | 1,503 |
| Japan | - | 74 | 1:1,729,541 | 18,638 |
| New Caledonia | 100% | 74 | 1:3,651 | 572 |
| Switzerland | 52% | 71 | 1:115,683 | 3,433 |
| Nigeria | 52% | 69 | 1:2,573,397 | 47,350 |
| Portugal | - | 65 | 1:160,167 | 3,695 |
| Bahamas | - | 61 | 1:6,547 | 958 |
| Panama | 100% | 61 | 1:64,042 | 3,824 |
| Namibia | - | 60 | 1:40,070 | 2,728 |
| Jersey | 100% | 59 | 1:1,695 | 338 |
| Kuwait | - | 57 | 1:66,408 | 5,422 |
| Singapore | 100% | 55 | 1:114,310 | 7,597 |
| Belize | 100% | 49 | 1:7,231 | 1,252 |
| Sweden | 74% | 49 | 1:201,182 | 6,996 |
| Guernsey | - | 47 | 1:1,347 | 252 |
| Norway | 100% | 44 | 1:116,644 | 3,576 |
| Zambia | - | 44 | 1:360,336 | 9,638 |
| Liberia | 50% | 41 | 1:107,611 | 4,570 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 41 | 1:146,789 | 4,309 |
| South Korea | - | 41 | 1:135,230 | 6,077 |
| DR Congo | 100% | 34 | 1:2,171,400 | 51,388 |
| French Polynesia | - | 32 | 1:8,684 | 1,174 |
| Hong Kong | - | 32 | 1:242,273 | 3,429 |
| Indonesia | - | 27 | 1:9,554,210 | 309,150 |
| Uganda | 79% | 27 | 1:1,516,923 | 22,266 |
| Seychelles | 100% | 26 | 1:3,564 | 725 |
| Angola | - | 25 | 1:1,078,664 | 2,481 |
| Denmark | - | 24 | 1:235,396 | 4,909 |
| El Salvador | - | 24 | 1:264,241 | 3,275 |
| Solomon Islands | 100% | 23 | 1:25,259 | 1,921 |
| Ecuador | - | 22 | 1:805,769 | 6,913 |
| Italy | 97% | 20 | 1:3,053,104 | 18,341 |
| Bolivia | 100% | 19 | 1:557,969 | 2,919 |
| Bermuda | - | 17 | 1:3,813 | 661 |
| Russia | 100% | 17 | 1:8,484,336 | 34,226 |
| Botswana | - | 16 | 1:136,528 | 10,720 |
| Cayman Islands | - | 15 | 1:4,087 | 758 |
| Saint Lucia | 64% | 12 | 1:14,818 | 1,739 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 12 | 1:1,980,807 | 51,381 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | - | 12 | 1:2,892 | 588 |
| American Samoa | - | 11 | 1:5,077 | 963 |
| Paraguay | 100% | 11 | 1:657,891 | 5,571 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 11 | 1:650,181 | 20,553 |
| Guam | - | 10 | 1:16,065 | 1,791 |
| Vietnam | - | 10 | 1:9,262,311 | 4,040 |
| Egypt | - | 9 | 1:10,211,216 | 21,716 |
| Israel | 100% | 9 | 1:933,658 | 13,501 |
| Ivory Coast | 100% | 9 | 1:2,563,993 | 53,027 |
| Laos | - | 9 | 1:731,873 | 503 |
| Pakistan | 100% | 9 | 1:21,595,298 | 106,286 |
| Swaziland | - | 9 | 1:144,464 | 1,815 |
| Uruguay | - | 9 | 1:380,849 | 5,148 |
| Aruba | - | 8 | 1:12,972 | 1,901 |
| Cameroon | 100% | 8 | 1:2,701,313 | 52,296 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 8 | 1:13,718 | 1,590 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | - | 7 | 1:7,837 | 1,103 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 6 | 1:16,566 | 2,341 |
| Argentina | 67% | 6 | 1:7,128,874 | 15,663 |
| Austria | 80% | 6 | 1:1,419,034 | 8,656 |
| Czechia | 100% | 6 | 1:1,776,027 | 4,577 |
| Estonia | - | 6 | 1:219,230 | 6,245 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | - | 6 | 1:9,111 | 1,173 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 60% | 6 | 1:18,597 | 2,290 |
| Afghanistan | - | 5 | 1:6,524,703 | 31,933 |
| Belarus | 100% | 5 | 1:1,896,477 | 8,406 |
| Cyprus | - | 5 | 1:174,215 | 3,223 |
| Finland | 71% | 5 | 1:1,096,637 | 9,775 |
| Grenada | 67% | 5 | 1:21,625 | 2,009 |
| Marshall Islands | 100% | 5 | 1:10,246 | 1,467 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 5 | 1:10,557,664 | 41,958 |
| Anguilla | 100% | 4 | 1:3,314 | 681 |
| Bahrain | - | 4 | 1:337,168 | 4,986 |
| Bangladesh | - | 4 | 1:39,865,342 | 24,379 |
| Cambodia | - | 4 | 1:4,068,332 | 35,322 |
| Fiji | - | 4 | 1:223,094 | 2,508 |
| Rwanda | - | 4 | 1:2,842,858 | 2,668 |
| Benin | - | 3 | 1:3,525,281 | 51,145 |
| Cook Islands | - | 3 | 1:6,051 | 772 |
| Hungary | 100% | 3 | 1:3,263,924 | 4,413 |
| Iceland | - | 3 | 1:122,006 | 4,203 |
| Lebanon | 100% | 3 | 1:1,875,857 | 11,580 |
| Albania | 100% | 2 | 1:1,523,285 | 33,816 |
| Bulgaria | - | 2 | 1:3,495,195 | 19,668 |
| Macau | - | 2 | 1:304,104 | 1,640 |
| Oman | - | 2 | 1:2,054,334 | 8,531 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 2 | 1:1,775,150 | 6,781 |
| Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha | - | 2 | 1:2,914 | 288 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 100% | 2 | 1:95,998 | 3,765 |
| Turkey | 100% | 2 | 1:38,900,854 | 64,839 |
| Yemen | - | 2 | 1:13,148,376 | 10,677 |
| Algeria | - | 1 | 1:38,176,720 | 32,669 |
| Azerbaijan | - | 1 | 1:9,642,944 | 42,290 |
| Burkina Faso | - | 1 | 1:18,379,469 | 100,219 |
| Cape Verde | 100% | 1 | 1:529,151 | 6,361 |
| Congo | 100% | 1 | 1:5,009,205 | 37,978 |
| Croatia | - | 1 | 1:4,217,076 | 20,943 |
| Cuba | - | 1 | 1:11,506,552 | 13,531 |
| Curaçao | - | 1 | 1:155,803 | 1,239 |
| Dominica | - | 1 | 1:75,471 | 1,341 |
| East Timor | - | 1 | 1:1,218,375 | 811 |
| Equatorial Guinea | - | 1 | 1:1,137,689 | 1,044 |
| Ethiopia | - | 1 | 1:97,560,133 | 29,608 |
| Falkland Islands | - | 1 | 1:3,142 | 392 |
| Gambia | - | 1 | 1:1,926,596 | 1,391 |
| Gibraltar | - | 1 | 1:34,138 | 985 |
| Greece | - | 1 | 1:10,934,548 | 22,228 |
| Isle of Man | 100% | 1 | 1:85,023 | 723 |
| Jordan | 100% | 1 | 1:8,826,774 | 11,126 |
| Kazakhstan | - | 1 | 1:17,746,845 | 44,366 |
| Lithuania | - | 1 | 1:2,951,882 | 5,377 |
| Luxembourg | - | 1 | 1:564,049 | 5,042 |
| Moldova | - | 1 | 1:3,561,139 | 8,690 |
| Monaco | - | 1 | 1:38,466 | 2,379 |
| Montenegro | - | 1 | 1:634,576 | 4,914 |
| Nauru | 100% | 1 | 1:11,927 | 903 |
| Nepal | - | 1 | 1:28,487,352 | 119,417 |
| Norfolk Island | - | 1 | 1:2,324 | 291 |
| Serbia | - | 1 | 1:7,145,721 | 10,629 |
| Somalia | - | 1 | 1:13,525,867 | 7,760 |
| Sudan | - | 1 | 1:37,806,975 | 10,689 |
| Togo | - | 1 | 1:7,239,239 | 8,047 |
| Tunisia | - | 1 | 1:676,902 | 12,933 |
| Ukraine | - | 1 | 1:45,499,908 | 32,056 |
The alternate forms: Líndsay (1) are calculated separately.
Lindsay (99,394) may also be a surname.
Lindsay Forename Meaning
User-submitted Reference
Lindsay is a unisex name, which means 'island of the linden trees'. It can also be spelled Lindsey, Lyndsay or Lyndsay.
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Lindsay Demographics
Average Lindsay Salary in
United States
$46,248 USD
Per year
Rank:
168,275 of 531,972
Percentage of all salaries earned by bearers:
0.0293873
Rank: 539 of 532,209
Percentage of national average salary:
106.25%
Sample size: 52,382 (2014)
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
Per month:
$3,596 USD
Per week:
$799 USD
Per day:
$118 USD
Phonetically Similar Names
Lindsay Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Lindsay in the Russian language | ||
| Линдсай | lindsaj | - |
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