Lindsay (name)
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Lindsay is a Scottish
Scotland
Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...

 surname, originally denoting membership in clan Lindsay
Clan Lindsay
-Origins of the Clan:There is currently no known proven path pertaining to the origin of the Clan Lindsay. However, several possible theories have been advanced over the years. First is the theory proposed in 1769 by biographer/historian, Richard Rolt, in which he claimed that the Lindsays were...

, ultimately deriving from the territory of Lindsey
Lindsey
Lindsey was a unit of local government until 1974 in Lincolnshire, England, covering the northern part of the county. The Isle of Axholme, which is on the west side of the River Trent, has normally formed part of it...

 in Lincolnshire
Lincolnshire
Lincolnshire is a county in the east of England. It borders Norfolk to the south east, Cambridgeshire to the south, Rutland to the south west, Leicestershire and Nottinghamshire to the west, South Yorkshire to the north west, and the East Riding of Yorkshire to the north. It also borders...

, from the Old English
Old English language
Old English or Anglo-Saxon is an early form of the English language that was spoken and written by the Anglo-Saxons and their descendants in parts of what are now England and southeastern Scotland between at least the mid-5th century and the mid-12th century...

 toponym Lindesege
Kingdom of Lindsey
Lindsey or Linnuis is the name of a petty Anglo-Saxon kingdom, absorbed into Northumbria in the 7th century.It lay between the Humber and the Wash, forming its inland boundaries from the course of the Witham and Trent rivers , and the Foss Dyke between...

"Lindum
Lindum Colonia
Lindum Colonia was a town in the Roman province of Britannia. Today it is called Lincoln, in the English county of Lincolnshire.-Fort and name:...

 Isle", i.e. "marshlands of Lincoln".

In the late 19th century, the surname gave rise to the given name
Given name
A given name, in Western contexts often referred to as a first name, is a personal name that specifies and differentiates between members of a group of individuals, especially in a family, all of whose members usually share the same family name...

 Lindsay (and variants Lindsey, Lyndsy, etc.) in the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

, at first as a male given name, and since the mid 20th century increasingly as a female given name. Its popularity as a girls' name is due to the actress Lindsay Wagner
Lindsay Wagner
Lindsay Jean Wagner is an American actress. She is probably best known for her portrayal of Jaime Sommers in the 1970s television series The Bionic Woman , though she has maintained a lengthy career in a variety of other film and television productions since.-Early life:Wagner was born in Los...

 (born 1949 as Lindsay Jean Wagner), who became famous in 1976 as The Bionic Woman
The Bionic Woman
The Bionic Woman is an American television series starring Lindsay Wagner that aired for three seasons between 1976 and 1978 as a spin off from The Six Million Dollar Man. Wagner stars as tennis pro Jaime Sommers who is nearly killed in a skydiving accident. Sommers' life is saved by Oscar Goldman ...

. It was the 314th most popular name for girls born in the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

 in 2007, having ranked among the top 200 names for girls from the 1970s through the 1990s. The alternative spelling Lindsey ranked as the 226th most popular name for girls born in 2007 in the United States.

Male

  • Lindsay Rogers (1891-1970), Burgess Professor of Public Law, Columbia University (1920–1959); Director, Social Science Research Council (1934–36)
  • Lindsay Weir
    Lindsay Weir (cricketer)
    Gordon Lindsay Weir played 11 Tests for New Zealand. He was known as Dad Weir. He was the world's oldest Test cricketer upon his death.-References:...

     (1908–2003), New Zealand cricketer
  • Lindsay Brown
    Lindsay Brown
    John Lindsay Brown , is a former professional baseball player who played shortstop in the major leagues for the 1937 Brooklyn Dodgers.-External links:...

     (1911–1987), American baseball player
  • Lindsay Hassett
    Lindsay Hassett
    Arthur Lindsay Hassett MBE was a cricketer who played for Victoria and Australia. The diminutive Hassett was an elegant middle-order batsman, described by Wisden as, "... a master of nearly every stroke ... his superb timing, nimble footwork and strong wrists enabled him to make batting look a...

     (1913–1993), Australian Test cricketer
  • Lindsey Nelson
    Lindsey Nelson
    Lindsey Nelson was an American sportscaster best known for his broadcasts of college football and New York Mets baseball.-Early life and career:...

     (1919-1995), American sportscaster
  • Lindsay Tuckett
    Lindsay Tuckett
    Lindsay Tuckett is a former South African cricketer who played in 9 Tests from 1947 to 1949. He was born in Durban, Natal....

     (born 1919), South African cricketer
  • Lindsay Anderson
    Lindsay Anderson
    Lindsay Gordon Anderson was an Indian-born, British feature film, theatre and documentary director, film critic, and leading light of the Free Cinema movement and the British New Wave...

     (1923–1994), India-born English film director
  • Lindsay Kline
    Lindsay Kline
    Lindsay Francis Kline is former Australian and Victorian cricketer. He played in 13 Tests for Australia and 88 first-class matches between 1955/56 and 1961/1962...

     (born 1934), Australian Test cricketer
  • Lindsay Gaze
    Lindsay Gaze
    Lindsay John Casson Gaze is an Australian basketball player and coach. He played for Australia in three Olympics between 1960 and 1968 and coached the Australian basketball team at four Olympics between 1972 and 1984...

     (born 1936), Australian basketball player and coach
  • Lindsey Buckingham
    Lindsey Buckingham
    Lindsey Adams Buckingham is an American guitarist, singer, composer and producer, most notable for being the guitarist and male lead singer of the musical group Fleetwood Mac. Aside from his tenure with Fleetwood Mac, Buckingham has also released six solo albums and a live album...

     (born 1949), American guitarist, singer, composer, and producer, member of Fleetwood Mac
    Fleetwood Mac
    Fleetwood Mac are a British–American rock band formed in 1967 in London.The only original member present in the band is its eponymous drummer, Mick Fleetwood...

  • Lindsey Graham
    Lindsey Graham
    Lindsey Olin Graham is the senior U.S. Senator from South Carolina and a member of the Republican Party. Previously he served as the U.S. Representative for .-Early life, education and career:...

     (born 1955), United States Senator
  • Lindsay Hoyle
    Lindsay Hoyle
    The Honourable Lindsay Harvey Hoyle is a British Labour Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament for Chorley since 1997. He is the son of Lord Hoyle, a former Labour MP for Warrington North....

     (born 1957), Labour Member of Parliament for Chorley (England)
  • Lindsay Dawson
    Lindsay Dawson (artist)
    Lindsay Dawson is an internationally collected American painter and a frequent guest on the Fine Art Showcase television show...

     (born 1959), American artist
  • Lindsay Hamilton
    Lindsay Hamilton (footballer)
    Lindsay Hamilton is a Scottish former professional football player.Hamilton had a long and distinguished career, lasting from 1982-2000 in which he made close to 500 first class first team appearances.-Stenhousemuir:...

     (born 1962), Scottish footballer
  • Lindsey Hunter
    Lindsey Hunter
    Lindsey Benson Hunter, Jr. is a former American professional basketball player. He was a point guard in the National Basketball Association from 1993 to 2010, spending most of his career with Detroit Pistons...

     (born 1970), American basketball player.
  • Lindsey Durlacher
    Lindsey Durlacher
    Lindsey Durlacher was an American Greco-Roman wrestler whose career highlight was a bronze medal at the 2006 FILA Wrestling World Championships at 121 pounds...

     (1974-2011), US Greco-Roman wrestler
  • Lindsay Tait
    Lindsay Tait
    Lindsay Tait is a professional New Zealand basketball player.Tait has played in the New Zealand NBL since 2000, winning three NBL titles with the Auckland Stars...

     (born 1982), New Zealand basketball player

Female

  • Lindsay Wagner
    Lindsay Wagner
    Lindsay Jean Wagner is an American actress. She is probably best known for her portrayal of Jaime Sommers in the 1970s television series The Bionic Woman , though she has maintained a lengthy career in a variety of other film and television productions since.-Early life:Wagner was born in Los...

    , American actress (b. 1949)
  • Lindsay Cooper
    Lindsay Cooper
    Lindsay Cooper is an English bassoon and oboe player, composer and political activist. Best known for her work with the band Henry Cow, she was also a member of Comus, National Health, News from Babel and David Thomas and the Pedestrians...

    , English musician and political activist (b. 1951)
  • Lindsay Armstrong
    Lindsay Armstrong
    Lindsay Armstrong is a popular South African-Australian writer of over 65 romance novels. She published her novels in Mills & Boon's since 1981.Armstrong was born and raised in South Africa, and married a New Zealand-born man who worked in West Africa...

    , South-African born Australian writer (b. before 1970)


1970s
  • Lindsey Ann Way, Musician and bassist for Mindless Self Indulgence
    Mindless Self Indulgence
    Mindless Self Indulgence is an American musical group formed in New York in 1997. Their music has a mixed style including rap, punk rock, alternative rock, electronica, techno and industrial...

     (b. 1973)
  • Lindsay Davenport
    Lindsay Davenport
    Lindsay Ann Davenport is a former World No. 1 American professional tennis player. She has won three Grand Slam singles tournaments and an Olympic gold medal in singles. In 2005, TENNIS Magazine ranked her as the 29th-best player of the preceding forty years...

    , American tennis player (b. 1976)
  • Lindsay Price, American actress and singer (b. 1976)
  • Lindsay Lee-Waters
    Lindsay Lee-Waters
    Lindsay Lee-Waters is an American tennis player. Former World No. 33 player, she won eleven singles and sixteen doubles events organized by International Tennis Federation...

    , American tennis player (b. 1977)
  • Lindsay Sloane
    Lindsay Sloane
    Lindsay Sloane is an American actress. She is known for her role as Big Red in the first Bring It On and as Valerie Birkhead on Sabrina, the Teenage Witch .-Personal life:...

    , American actress (b. 1977)
  • Lindsay Hartley
    Lindsay Hartley
    Lindsay Nicole Hartley is an American singer and actress. She is known for her role as Theresa Winthrop aka Theresa Lopez-Fitzgerald on Passions, Carolyn "Cara" Martin on All My Children and for her role as Arianna Hernandez on Days of our Lives.- Early life :Born in Palm Springs, California,...

    , American actress (b. 1978)
  • Lindsey Wright
    Lindsey Wright
    Lindsey Elizabeth Wright is an Australian professional golfer playing on the LPGA Tour. She earned exempt status for the 2004 LPGA season in 2005, and has been competing full time on the Tour since.-Personal life:...

    , American professional golfer (b. 1979)


1980s
  • Lindsay Taylor
    Lindsay Taylor
    Lindsay Corine Taylor is an American professional basketball player and a former college player who has played in the Women's National Basketball Association , Turkish Women's Basketball League, Ligue Féminine de Basketball , the WKBL, Polish Women's League, and the Women's Chinese Basketball...

    , former WNBA player (b. 1981)
  • Lindsey McKeon
    Lindsey McKeon
    Lindsey Johnson McKeon is a two-time Daytime Emmy-nominated American actress, and distant relative of Australian celebrity, Harry McKeon. She is best known for her roles as Marah Lewis on Guiding Light and Taylor James on One Tree Hill...

    , American actress (b. 1982)
  • Lindsay Whalen
    Lindsay Whalen
    Lindsay Marie Whalen is an American professional basketball player for the Minnesota Lynx in the WNBA. She began her pro career as a point guard for the Connecticut Sun...

    , American basketball player (b. 1982)
  • Lindsay Tarpley
    Lindsay Tarpley
    Lindsay Ann Tarpley Snow is an American soccer forward currently playing for magicJack of Women's Professional Soccer and is a member of the United States women's national soccer team. She went to Portage Central High School.-High school:Tarpley grew up in Portage, Michigan, and attended Portage...

    , American soccer player (b. 1983)
  • Lindsay Ellingson, American fashion model (b. 1984)
  • Lindsay Felton
    Lindsay Felton
    Lindsay Marie Felton , is an American actress.Felton was born in Seattle, Washington. She had a variety of roles since beginning acting in advertisements on local television at 3, and her first major network television appearance came in 1994 on the short-lived ABC sitcom Thunder Alley, as the...

    , American actress (b. 1984)
  • Lindsay Hawker, British murder victim (1984-2007)
  • Lindsey Haun
    Lindsey Haun
    Lindsey Haun is an American actress and singer. She was nominated for a Young Artist Award for her role in the 2000 Disney Channel original movie The Color of Friendship as Mahree Bok, and has starred in the film Broken Bridges, for which she also recorded a portion of the soundtrack.- Personal...

    , American actress and singer (b. 1984)
  • Lindsey Van
    Lindsey Van
    Lindsey Van is an American ski jumper who has competed since 2002. Van won a gold medal in the inaugural women's ski jumping event at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2009 in Liberec and has a total of eight Continental Cup victories in her career.In 2008, Van's knee cartilage was crushed on...

    , American ski jumper (b. 1984)
  • Lindsey Vonn, American alpine skier (b. 1984)
  • Lindsey Jacobellis
    Lindsey Jacobellis
    Lindsey Jacobellis is an American snowboarder from Stratton, Vermont.At the 2006 Winter Olympics, Jacobellis won the silver medal in Women's Snowboard Cross's Olympics debut...

    , American snowboarder (b. 1985)
  • Lindsey Cardinale
    Lindsey Cardinale
    Lindsey Michelle Cardinale is an American country singer and university student who was the twelfth-place finalist on the fourth season of American Idol in 2005....

    , American singer and American Idol
    American Idol (Season 4)
    The fourth season of American Idol premiered on January 18, 2005 and continued until May 25, 2005. It was hosted by Ryan Seacrest. Randy Jackson, Paula Abdul and Simon Cowell also returned to judge. It was won by Carrie Underwood, who has gone on to become a five-time Grammy-winning country megastar...

     contestant (b. 1985)
  • Lindsay Lohan
    Lindsay Lohan
    Lindsay Lohan is an American actress, pop singer and model. She began her career as a child fashion model before making her motion picture debut in Disney's 1998 remake of The Parent Trap at the age of 11...

    , American actress and singer (b. 1986)
  • Lindsay Pagano
    Lindsay Pagano
    Lindsay Pagano is an American singer who until 2003 was signed to Warner Brothers Records. She toured with Dream Street and Aaron Carter for several months...

    , American singer (b. 1986)
  • Lyndsy Fonseca
    Lyndsy Fonseca
    Lyndsy Marie Fonseca is an American actress known for playing Colleen Carlton on the CBS daytime soap opera The Young and The Restless, Dylan Mayfair on the ABC series Desperate Housewives, and Ted Mosby's daughter on How I Met Your Mother. She also played Katie Deauxma in the 2010 superhero film...

    , American actress (b. 1987)
  • Lindsey Evans
    Lindsey Evans
    Lindsey Gayle Evans is an American model and beauty queen who was selected as the Playboy Playmate of the Month for October 2009...

    , American fashion model and beauty queen (b. 1989)
  • Lindsey Shaw
    Lindsey Shaw
    Lindsey Marie Shaw is an American actress. She is known for her starring television roles as Jennifer "Moze" Ann Mosely on Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide and as Claire Tolchuck on Aliens in America.-Career:...

    , American actress (b. 1989)


1990s
  • Lindsay Daenen
    Lindsay Daenen
    Lindsay Daenen , best known by her artist nickname LindsaY, is a young Belgian singer. She won the Belgian preselections for the 2005 edition of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest in which she reached 10th place with 63 points in the international final for her song Mes rêves .-External links:*...

    , Belgian singer (b. 1994)
  • Lindsey Rayl
    Lindsey Rayl
    Lindsey Grace Rayl is an American actress, singer and songwriter whose work includes film, theatre and music.-Early Life and Career:...

    , American actress and singer (b. 1994)

Fictional characters named Lindsay

  • Lindsay Monroe
    Lindsay Monroe
    Lindsay Monroe is a fictional character from the CBS crime drama CSI: NY, portrayed by actress Anna Belknap.-Background:Lindsay is a native of Bozeman, Montana. Her Western manners, such as removing her shoes before entering a suspect's home, are a novelty to her co-workers...

    , a character on CSI: NY
    CSI: NY
    CSI: NY is an American police procedural television series that premiered on September 22, 2004, on CBS. The show follows the investigations of a team of NYPD forensic scientists and police officers as they unveil the circumstances behind mysterious and unusual deaths as well as other crimes...

  • Lindsay Rappaport
    Lindsay Rappaport
    Lindsay Rappaport is a fictional character from the American daytime drama One Life to Live, portrayed by Catherine Hickland from May 1998 to October 2008. Hickland briefly reprised the role in July 2009. Hickland is set to reprise her role as Lindsay in late 2011...

    , a character on One Life to Live
    One Life to Live
    One Life to Live is an American soap opera which debuted on July 15, 1968 and has been broadcast on the ABC television network. Created by Agnes Nixon, the series was the first daytime drama to primarily feature racially and socioeconomically diverse characters and consistently emphasize social...

  • Lindsay Weir, a character on Freaks and Geeks
    Freaks and Geeks
    Freaks and Geeks is an American teen comedy-drama television series, created by Paul Feig and executive produced by Judd Apatow, that aired on NBC during the 1999–2000 television season...

    , played by Linda Cardellini
    Linda Cardellini
    Linda Edna Cardellini is an American television and film actress. She is best known for her roles as high school student Lindsay Weir on Freaks and Geeks, as Velma Dinkley in the live-action Scooby-Doo films, and as Samantha Taggart on ER.- Early life :Cardellini was born in Redwood City,...

  • Lindsay Bluth Fünke, a character on Arrested Development, played by Portia de Rossi
    Portia de Rossi
    Portia Lee James DeGeneres , known professionally as Portia de Rossi , is an Australian-American actress, best known for her roles as lawyer Nelle Porter on the television series Ally McBeal and Lindsay Bluth Fünke on the sitcom Arrested Development...

  • Lindsay, a character on Total Drama Island
    Total Drama Island
    Total Drama Island is a Canadian animated television series which lampoons the conventions commonly found in reality shows. The show and its sequel seasons are collectively referred to as the Total Drama series. It premiered on the Canadian cable television specialty channel Teletoon on July 8, 2007...

  • Lindsay Dole
    Lindsay Dole
    Lindsay Suzanne Dole was one of the lead characters on ABC's The Practice, a television drama about a law firm in Boston, Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Dole was played by Kelli Williams. Her character tried civil cases and was Bobby Donnell's wife until they separated in season 7.Lindsay obtained...

    , an attorney on The Practice
    The Practice
    The Practice is an American legal drama created by David E. Kelley centering on the partners and associates at a Boston law firm. Running for eight seasons from 1997 to 2004, the show won the Emmy in 1998 and 1999 for Best Drama Series, and spawned the successful and lighter spin-off series Boston...

    , played by Kelli Williams
    Kelli Williams
    Kelli Renee Williams is an American actress. She is best known for her roles as Lindsay Dole on the Legal drama The Practice and as psychologist and deception expert Dr. Gillian Foster on Lie to Me....

  • Lyndsay, a character in the Wii and DS games MySims Kingdom
    MySims Kingdom
    MySims Kingdom is a video game developed by EA Redwood Shores and published by Electronic Arts as a spinoff to Maxis' The Sims franchise for the Nintendo DS and Wii in 2008...

    , MySims Agents
    MySims Agents
    MySims Agents is a mystery-solving adventure game for the Nintendo DS and Wii, in which the player must guide agents in an effort to stop the sinister plans of Morcubus, lord of the criminal underworld...

    and MySims SkyHeroes
    MySims SkyHeroes
    MySims SkyHeroes is a video game developed by Behaviour Interactive and published by Electronic Arts in the MySims series. This is the sixth game in the MySims series. The game was released on September 28, 2010. MySims SkyHeroes was released for the Wii, Nintendo DS, Xbox 360, and PlayStation 3,...

  • Lindsay, a character on The New Adventures of Old Christine
    The New Adventures of Old Christine
    The New Adventures of Old Christine is an American comedy series starring Julia Louis-Dreyfus which ran for five seasons on CBS from March 13, 2006, to May 12, 2010...

    , played by Alex Kapp Horner
    Alex Kapp Horner
    Alex Kapp Horner is an American actress whose most notable role was as Lindsay on the CBS sitcom The New Adventures of Old Christine.-Personal life:...

  • Lindsay Boxer, a character on Women's Murder Club
    Women's Murder Club
    Women's Murder Club is an American police procedural and legal drama, which ran on ABC from October 12, 2007, to May 13, 2008. The series is set in San Francisco, California and is based on the 'Women's Murder Club' series of novels written by James Patterson...

    , played by Angie Harmon
    Angie Harmon
    Angela Michelle "Angie" Harmon is an American fashion model and television/film actress. She became a well-known model before gaining international fame for her roles in Baywatch Nights and Law & Order....

  • Lindsey McDonald
    Lindsey McDonald
    Lindsey McDonald is a fictional character from the television series Angel. He first appeared in the series' first episode, "City of," and featured prominently in the story arcs of seasons one, two, and five. Lindsey is the only character besides Angel himself to appear in both the first and last...

    , a character on the show Angel
    Angel (TV series)
    Angel is an American television series, a spin-off of the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer. The series was created by Buffys creator, Joss Whedon, in collaboration with David Greenwalt, and first aired on October 5, 1999...

    , played by Christian Kane
    Christian Kane
    Christian Kane is an American actor and singer/songwriter of Native American descent. He currently stars as Eliot Spencer on the TNT series Leverage. He is best known for his roles in the television shows Angel and Into the West, and the movies Just Married and Secondhand Lions.He is the lead...

  • Lindsey Salmon, a character from The Lovely Bones
    The Lovely Bones
    The Lovely Bones is a 2002 novel by Alice Sebold. It is the story of a teenage girl who, after being raped and murdered, watches from her personal Heaven as her family and friends struggle to move on with their lives while she comes to terms with her own death. The novel received much critical...

  • Lindsey Farris, a character in Mission: Impossible III
    Mission: Impossible III
    Mission: Impossible III is a 2006 spy film, the third based on the spy-themed television series Mission: Impossible starring Tom Cruise who reprises his role of IMF agent Ethan Hunt....

    , played by Keri Russell
    Keri Russell
    Keri Lynn Russell is an American actress and dancer. After appearing in a number of made-for-television films and series during the mid-1990s, she came to fame for portraying the title role of Felicity Porter on the series Felicity, which ran from 1998 to 2002, and for which she won a Golden Globe...

  • Lindsay Marriott, a character in Farewell, My Lovely
    Farewell, My Lovely
    Farewell, My Lovely is a 1940 novel by Raymond Chandler, the second novel he wrote featuring Los Angeles private eye Philip Marlowe. It was adapted for the screen three times.-Plot summary:...

    by Raymond Chandler
    Raymond Chandler
    Raymond Thornton Chandler was an American novelist and screenwriter.In 1932, at age forty-five, Raymond Chandler decided to become a detective fiction writer after losing his job as an oil company executive during the Depression. His first short story, "Blackmailers Don't Shoot", was published in...

    .
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