Lindy (name)

Lindy is a unisex given name and a nickname. As a female given name, it is a variant of names like Linda, Belinda, and Melinda, and the meaning of Lindy is "beautiful; pretty; sweet."[1] As a male name, it is a variant of names such as Lindsay and Lyndon, and the meaning is "linden tree mountain; Lincoln's marsh; island of linden trees; linden tree hill."[2]

Lindy was most popular in the year 1979, when it ranked 586th.[3]

People

Women

Men

  • Lindy Berry (1927-2014), American college football and Canadian Football League quarterback
  • Lindy Fralin, American guitar pickup manufacturer
  • Lindy Kasperski (1950–2014), Canadian politician
  • Lindy Miller (born 1956), American professional golfer
  • Lindy Pearson (1929–2011), American National Football League player
  • Lindy Remigino (1931–2018), American sprinter, 1952 Olympic 100 m champion
  • Lindy Ruff (born 1960), Canadian National Hockey League coach and former player

Women

Men

Fictional characters

  • Lindy, from Alex Flinn's novel Beastly and the film of the same name
  • Lindy Karsten, from CrossGen Entertainment's Sigilverse
  • Lindy, a fairy character from Noddy in Toyland
  • Lindy Sampson, the protagonist in R. L. Stine's novel Eye Candy and main character in the hit MTV television series Eye Candy
  • Lindy Watson, from Disney Channel's I Didn't Do It

References

  1. "Girl's Names: Lindy." Think Baby Names. Accessed on January 21, 2012.
  2. "Boy's Names: Lindy." Think Baby Names. Accessed on January 21, 2012.
  3. "Origin and Meaning of the Name Lindy." BabyNames.com. Accessed on January 21, 2012.
  4. Charles Lindbergh
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