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This is well past its heyday but I got to thinking about it and thought I'd ask. What do you think of Lindsay for a girl, aside from the fact that it's dated? Which spelling do you like more, Lindsay or Lindsey?
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I grew up believing - on the evidence of the sisters of two friends - that Lindsey was the female version and Lindsay the male. And I still instinctively expect that to happen, though it seldom does; also, I prefer the look of Lindsay for either. And I like it a lot: with Lyndall, the best of the Lin- names.
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That spelling difference related to gender used to be the way people in the UK thought about the name. But it's never applied in the United States -- our two most famous male Lindseys, Graham and Buckingham, both use the "e", while our two most famous female Lindsays, Wagner and Lohan, both use the "a"!
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I suspect that the distinction is on its way out, here in South Africa. We were never 'little England' in the way that New Zealand and parts of Canada were, but we only got TV in about 1975, so American influence was limited to cinema and Elvis etc on the hit parade! Now, there's immense amounts of American soapies, series, made-for-TV stuff that probably wouldn't survive in a cinema ... and it's showing in our naming habits, though since we don't have access to annual naming records, it's hard to quantify.
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I like Lindsay and always have, Lohan associations aside. And it sounds wholly feminine to me, despite historical usage as a male name (including the great Lindsey Buckingham). But I feel like I'm alone in this.
While I prefer the Lindsay spelling, Lindsey isn't bad, either. When I was a teenager I used Lynsea as an online pseudonym, but that now seems wholly juvenile to me. In fact, I don't think I like any of the Ly- spellings.
While I prefer the Lindsay spelling, Lindsey isn't bad, either. When I was a teenager I used Lynsea as an online pseudonym, but that now seems wholly juvenile to me. In fact, I don't think I like any of the Ly- spellings.
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Lindsay looks more like a surname and pronounced Lind-SAY to me, where as Lindsey looks like Lind-see even though that spelling is also a surname. I don't especially like it but prefer it to be spelled Lindsey for some reason and don't remember meeting any Lindsay. It sounds like the name of a woman in her 20s with long brown hair.
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This is my name- spelled Lindsey.
And let me just say that as someone who has had this name for thirty years now I have never once liked it.
Not even when I went to Mexico for a summer and watched people cock their heads sideways trying to figure out the pronunciation of a name they were unfamiliar with (although that was at least a little unusual).
I had a Lindsay once tell me the only thing good about me was my name. I was either four or five so maybe this was the beginning of my disdain for my name. No idea.
I had a Lyndsey intentionally hit me in the face when we were playing dodgeball and she was only a few feet away (and on my team!) and she hit me so hard that I hit the ground passed out. She did this strictly because she didn't want to share a name with me and I was a new kid at her otherwise small, private school where she was used to being the only one.
That was the point that I started trying out other names (at a teacher's suggestion) before Indy (LINDseY) seemed to stick. A little contrived, but I've been using it for so many years now that I'm over it.
There were a number of years where I told people my name and they immediately asked, "Oh, like Lindsay Lohan?" so that was perfectly terrible, but thankfully seems to have passed.
My grandparents' generation can never understand it the first (and usually second) time they hear it.
"Lucy? Leslie? Lindy?" is pretty much expected every time and I did reach a point where I stopped correcting people.
Anyway, all that to say that as a Lindsey, I don't like it at all.
But the weird part, I like it on boys and as a surname. It's like it just changes everything for me.
And let me just say that as someone who has had this name for thirty years now I have never once liked it.
Not even when I went to Mexico for a summer and watched people cock their heads sideways trying to figure out the pronunciation of a name they were unfamiliar with (although that was at least a little unusual).
I had a Lindsay once tell me the only thing good about me was my name. I was either four or five so maybe this was the beginning of my disdain for my name. No idea.
I had a Lyndsey intentionally hit me in the face when we were playing dodgeball and she was only a few feet away (and on my team!) and she hit me so hard that I hit the ground passed out. She did this strictly because she didn't want to share a name with me and I was a new kid at her otherwise small, private school where she was used to being the only one.
That was the point that I started trying out other names (at a teacher's suggestion) before Indy (LINDseY) seemed to stick. A little contrived, but I've been using it for so many years now that I'm over it.
There were a number of years where I told people my name and they immediately asked, "Oh, like Lindsay Lohan?" so that was perfectly terrible, but thankfully seems to have passed.
My grandparents' generation can never understand it the first (and usually second) time they hear it.
"Lucy? Leslie? Lindy?" is pretty much expected every time and I did reach a point where I stopped correcting people.
Anyway, all that to say that as a Lindsey, I don't like it at all.
But the weird part, I like it on boys and as a surname. It's like it just changes everything for me.
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For a girl, I don't like it but I don't hate either. I would love to see it make a comeback as a boys name though. I prefer the Lindsay spelling.
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I have always liked it. It's sweet sounding and I like Lindsay.
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