Lindsayとは意味・読み方・使い方

別の表記

• Lindsey
• female given name: Lyndsey

語源

From Lindsey in Lincolnshire, from 古期英語 Lindesēġe, Lindesīġe (“Isle of Lind”), the 古期英語 name of the city of Lincoln, Lincolnshire, in which "Lind" comes from the Common Brittonic form of the name of Lincoln and "isle" refers to Lincoln being surrounded by fenland; from Proto-Brythonic *llɨnn (“pool”), from Proto-Celtic *lindos (“lake, liquid”), in reference to the Brayford + 古期英語 ēġ (“island”); cf. modern Welsh llyn and Dublin.

固有名詞

Lindsay (countable かつ uncountable, 複数形 Lindsays)

1. A surname
   1. A Scottish habitational surname from Old English from Lindsey in Lincolnshire, from the Old English name of the city of Lincoln, "Isle of Lind" ("Isle of Lincoln") in reference to it being surrounded by fenland.
   2. An Irish surname, variant of Lindsey
2. A unisex given name transferred from the surname
   1. A male given name transferred from the surname.
   2. A female given name transferred from the surname, of 1940s and later usage.
3. A placename
   1. A number of places in the United States:
      1. A city in Tulare County, California.
      2. An unincorporated community in Dawson County, Montana.
      3. A village in Platte County, Nebraska.
      4. A city in Garvin County, Oklahoma.
      5. A ghost town in Stanley County, South Dakota.
      6. A city in Cooke County, Texas.
      7. A census-designated place in Reeves County, Texas.
   2. A large community, formerly a town, in the city of Kawartha Lakes, Ontario, Canada.

派生語