"Lindsay" meaning in English

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Proper name

IPA: /ˈlɪnzi/ [US], /ˈlɪndzi/ [UK] Forms: Lindsays [plural]
Etymology: 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. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|ang|Lindesēġe}} Old English Lindesēġe, {{m|ang|Lindesīġe|t=Isle of Lind}} Lindesīġe (“Isle of Lind”), {{der|en|cel-bry-pro|*llɨnn||pool}} Proto-Brythonic *llɨnn (“pool”), {{der|en|cel-pro|*lindos||lake, liquid}} Proto-Celtic *lindos (“lake, liquid”), {{m+|ang|ēġ||island}} Old English ēġ (“island”), {{cog|cy|llyn}} Welsh llyn Head templates: {{en-proper noun|~}} Lindsay (countable and uncountable, plural Lindsays)
  1. A surname
    A Scottish habitational surname from Old English 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.
    Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-Lindsay-en-name-XLb3FM2R Categories (other): English surnames
  2. A surname
    An Irish surname, variant of Lindsey
    Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-Lindsay-en-name-fYK4JH-T Categories (other): English surnames
  3. A unisex given name transferred from the surname
    A male given name transferred from the surname.
    Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): English female given names, English given names, English male given names, English unisex given names
    Sense id: en-Lindsay-en-name-sQrHxD12 Categories (other): English unisex given names from surnames
  4. A unisex given name transferred from the surname
    A female given name transferred from the surname, of 1940s and later usage.
    Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): English female given names, English given names, English male given names, English unisex given names
    Sense id: en-Lindsay-en-name-BVJIqFD4 Categories (other): English unisex given names from surnames
  5. A placename
    A number of places in the United States:
    A city in Tulare County, California.
    Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (place): Cities in California, USA, Cities in the United States, Places in California, USA, Places in the United States
    Sense id: en-Lindsay-en-name-ZLgoNerm
  6. A placename
    A number of places in the United States:
    An unincorporated community in Dawson County, Montana.
    Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (place): Places in Montana, USA, Places in the United States, Unincorporated communities in Montana, USA, Unincorporated communities in the United States
    Sense id: en-Lindsay-en-name-L0m8A7HI
  7. A placename
    A number of places in the United States:
    A village in Platte County, Nebraska.
    Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (place): Places in Nebraska, USA, Places in the United States, Villages in Nebraska, USA, Villages in the United States
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  8. A placename
    A number of places in the United States:
    A city in Garvin County, Oklahoma.
    Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (place): Cities in Oklahoma, USA, Cities in the United States, Places in Oklahoma, USA, Places in the United States
    Sense id: en-Lindsay-en-name-hmOE3JbI
  9. A placename
    A number of places in the United States:
    A ghost town in Stanley County, South Dakota.
    Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (place): Ghost towns in South Dakota, USA, Places in South Dakota, USA, Places in the United States
    Sense id: en-Lindsay-en-name--1qO8Fsq
  10. A placename
    A number of places in the United States:
    A city in Cooke County, Texas.
    Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (place): Cities in Texas, USA, Cities in the United States, Places in Texas, USA, Places in the United States
    Sense id: en-Lindsay-en-name-twRhuRK1
  11. A placename
    A number of places in the United States:
    A census-designated place in Reeves County, Texas.
    Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (place): Census-designated places in Texas, USA, Census-designated places in the United States, Places in Texas, USA, Places in the United States
    Sense id: en-Lindsay-en-name-A2Xpe-ot
  12. A placename
    A large community, formerly a town, in the city of Kawartha Lakes, Ontario, Canada.
    Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (place): Places in Canada, Places in Ontario, Villages in Canada, Villages in Ontario
    Sense id: en-Lindsay-en-name-xU02nlBe
  13. A placename
    An electoral division in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
    Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (place): Places in Australia, Places in New South Wales, Places in Sydney
    Sense id: en-Lindsay-en-name-HCtEt~Qz
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: Lindsey Synonyms (female given name): Lyndsey Derived forms: Lind, Linde, Lindee, Lindi, Lindie, Lindy
Disambiguation of 'female given name': 2 2 42 48 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0

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If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.