Lindsey

English

Etymology

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/

Proper noun

Lindsey (countable and uncountable, plural Lindseys)

1. A division of Lincolnshire, England; that was an Anglo-Saxon kingdom
   1. A former kingdom in Great Britain
2. A village in Babergh district, Suffolk, England.
3. A habitational surname from Old English.

   Synonym: Lindsay

4. A unisex given name transferred from the surname.

   Synonym: Lindsay

Derived terms

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

 

See also

• Lindsay
• Lyndsey

 

Anagrams

• dienyls, snidely