Name meaning & stats
Lindy
Lindy means “tender, soft” (Germanic origin). 9,636 US babies since 1940, peak 1979.
What it means
“tender, soft”
GermanicPet form of Linda
In US birth records
Peak year: 1979
9,636 US babies were named Lindy between 1940 and 2025.
Careers
Not enough notable people named Lindy (or its spelling family) to say anything reliable yet. That's a gap in the data, not the name.
Spelling family
The most common spelling: 65% of the family
- Lindy 65%
- Lyndi 13%
- Lindi 8%
- Lyndie 5%
- Lyndy 3%
- Lindie 3%
- Lindey 1%
- Linday 1%
Names that sound the same, grouped by Heyotag. Share of US babies since 1940.
Name twins (peaked around 1979)