Lake or island of linden trees
A Scottish surname-turned-given name, it is a variant of Lindsay. It originally derived from the region of Lindsey in Lincolnshire, England, which combines the British Celtic word for 'pool' or 'lake' with the Old English 'eg' meaning 'island'.
Less common today
Lynsay isn't in the latest US Top 1000. It last peaked at #6,033 in 1990.
Award-winning Scottish-Canadian romance novelist
US births per 5-year period, 1990–present (SSA data).
