Lindsey

English

Etymology

From Old English Lindesege, ultimately from Proto-Brythonic *llɨnn (“pool”), from Proto-Celtic *lindos (“lake, liquid”) (as in Lincoln) + Old English ēġ (“island (of land)”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɪnzi/
• Rhymes: -ɪnzi

Proper noun

Lindsey (countable and uncountable, plural Lindseys)

1. A geographic area and former division of Lincolnshire, England.
2. An Anglo-Saxon kingdom of England, absorbed into Northumbria in the 7th century.
3. A village and civil parish in Babergh district, Suffolk, England (OS grid ref TL9845).
4. A habitational surname from Old English.

   Synonym: Lindsay

5. A unisex given name transferred from the surname.

   Synonym: Lindsay

   • 2025 October 17, Kristen Holmes, “Lindsey Halligan fires more prosecutors in key US attorney’s office”, in CNN‎^[1]:

     President Donald Trump’s hand-picked interim US Attorney Lindsey Halligan has fired more senior prosecutors from the Eastern District of Virginia office, two sources familiar with the matter told CNN.

Derived terms

• East Lindsey
• Kirton in Lindsey
• Mount Lindsey
• Parts of Lindsey
• West Lindsey

See also

• Lindsay
• Lyndsey

Anagrams

• dienyls, snidely