Linsey

  • [ LIN-zee ]
  • English
Variant of LINDSAY.

LINDSAY   female & male   English, Scottish
From an English and Scottish surname which was originally derived from the name of the region Lindsey, which means "LINCOLN island" in Old English. As a given name it was typically masculine until the 1960s (in Britain) and 1970s (in America) when it became popular for girls, probably due to its similarity to Linda and because of American actress Lindsay Wagner (1949-).
LINCOLN     English
Derived from the Brythonic element lindo "lake, pool" and Latin colonia "colony". This is a city in eastern England.
EQUIVALENTS
ENGLISH: Lindsay, Lindsey, Lindsie, Linsay, Linzi, Lyndsay, Lyndsea, Lyndsey, Lynsay, Lynsey
OTHER FORMS
ENGLISH: Lincoln
SCOTTISH: Lindsay, Lindsey