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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." 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."

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

People

Given name

Women

  • Lindy Booth (born 1979), Canadian actress
  • Lyndy or Lindy Brill (born 1963), British actress and singer
  • Lindy Burns, Australian presenter
  • Lindy Davies (born 1946), Australian actress, director and drama teacher
  • Lindy DeKoven, American television executive
  • Lindy Elkins-Tanton, American planetary scientist
  • Lindy Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood ( 1941–2020), British artist, conservationist and businesswoman
  • Lindy Hemming (born 1948), Welsh Oscar-winning costume designer
  • Lindy Hou (born 1960), Australian tandem cyclist and triathlete
  • Lindy Kelly (born 1952), New Zealand writer
  • Lindy Leveau-Agricole (born 1978), Seychellois javelin thrower
  • Lindy Robbins, American songwriter
  • Lindy Rodwell (born 1962), South African zoologist and conservationist
  • Lindy Vivas (), American former volleyball player and coach
  • Lindy Vopnfjörð (born 1972), Canadian singer-songwriter
  • Lindy West (born 1982), American writer, feminist and editor
  • Lindy Melissa Wiik (born 1985), Norwegian footballer
  • Lindy Wilson, South African politician

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

Nickname

Women

  • Lindy Boggs (1916–2013), American politician
  • Lindy Chamberlain-Creighton (born 1948), Australian wrongly convicted of murdering her daughter
  • Lindy Cochran (born 1953), American alpine skier
  • Lindy Jenkins (born 1959), a justice with the Supreme Court of Western Australia appointed in 2004
  • Lindy Layton (born 1970), British singer
  • Lindy Morrison (born 1951), Australian rock drummer
  • Lindy Nelson-Carr (born 1952), Australian former politician

Men

  • Lindy Delapenha (1927–2017), Jamaican footballer and sports journalist
  • Lindy Hood (1907–1972), American college basketball player
  • Lindy Infante (1940–2015), American football player and coach
  • Lindy McDaniel (1935–2020), American Major League Baseball relief pitcher
  • Lucky Lindy Charles Lindbergh (1902-1974) American aviator, military officer, author, inventor, and activist

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
  • Lindy Lisson, wife of megachurch pastor, Lyle Lissons in The Righteous Gemstones

References

References

  1. [http://www.thinkbabynames.com/meaning/0/Lindy "Girl's Names: Lindy."] ''Think Baby Names.'' Accessed on January 21, 2012.
  2. [http://www.thinkbabynames.com/meaning/1/Lindy "Boy's Names: Lindy."] ''Think Baby Names.'' Accessed on January 21, 2012.
  3. [http://www.babynames.com/name/LINDY "Origin and Meaning of the Name Lindy."] ''BabyNames.com.'' Accessed on January 21, 2012.
  4. [[Charles Lindbergh]]
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