# Lindsey (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/lindsey/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A habitational surname from Old English.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | place, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 63,760 |
| US rank (2010) | 529 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 4,842 people |
| Change since 2000 | +4.2% (61,199 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /ˈlɪnzi/, 2 syllables |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## 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)”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Lindsey in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 68% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 26% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.3% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.8% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.7% |
| Two or more races | 2.7% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Lindsey in the United States and Australia.

## People named Lindsey

- Steven Lindsey, American astronaut
- Hillary Lindsey, American singer-songwriter (born 1977)
- George Lindsey, American actor, television personality, writer, narrator, speaker (1928–2012)
- Courtney Lindsey, American athlete
- Lori Lindsey, American soccer player
- Johanna Lindsey, American writer (1952 – 2019)
- Hal Lindsey, American evangelist and Christian writer
- Washington Ellsworth Lindsey, American politician (1862-1926)
- Kate Lindsey, American singer
- Jaylin Lindsey, American soccer player
- Jack Lindsay, Australian writer (1900–1990)
- James Gordon Lindsay, American preacher and publisher (1906–1973)

## Similar surnames

Lindsay, Lindquist, Lindstrom, Lindgren, Lindsley, Landis, Lentz, Lantz, Lewandowski, Lundgren, Lundquist, Landes.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.