Linzy
Feminine · “from Lindsay”
Linzy is given to both — 974 girls and 565 boys since 1880. See Linzy as a boy nameSee other names given to both
Linzy is Lindsay spelled as it sounds, short and bright, and given to girls and to a smaller number of boys. The name behind it belongs to a Scottish poet who dared to satirize the powerful and to a British director who did the same on film.
How old is the name Linzy?
Linzy first appears in US birth records in 1975 — 50 years ago. The typical Linzy alive today was born around 1997, making them about 28 years old. About 1,000 people named Linzy are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Linzy most popular?
Linzy peaked in 1990, reaching #2640 nationally. Today it ranks #10917, 8,277 places below that high. See the whole 1990 chart.
Where it comes from
From Lindsey to Linzy
The story of Linzy
The Lindsays became one of the great Scottish families, and one of them, Sir David Lindsay of the Mount, wrote A Satire of the Three Estates, a long play in Scots that mocked corrupt clergy and careless kings in front of the royal court itself. Centuries later Lindsay Anderson, a British director, made If...., a film about a revolt in an English boarding school, and it won the top prize at Cannes. Linzy writes the surname the way it is said, with a z for the buzzing s.
Meaningscholars disagree
from Lindsay, a Scottish surname from Lincolnshire
Lindsay is a Scottish surname taken from Lindsey in Lincolnshire, usually explained as the island of Lincoln. Linzy is a spelling of it by ear.
How the name formed
- Lindsey
- Lindsay
- Linzy
Related forms: Lindsay · Lindsey
Pronouncing Linzy
LIN-zee
Two syllables, stressed on the first.
Nicknames for Linzy
Limited
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1975
- Most girls named
- 199044 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #2640reached in 1990
- Change vs 2024
- +60.0%8 in 2025, from 5
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Linzy in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Lindsay in English — spelling variant
- Lindsey in English — spelling variant
Linzys among us
people named Linzy are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 200,908 born in 2025 was named Linzy
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Elizebath test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Linzy's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Elizebath climbed just as high around 1919, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Elizebath's path sketches the road Linzy is walking now.
Linzy sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Linzy beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Linzy in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- It sounds exactly like a familiar name.
- It is short and friendly.
- It has a real Scottish history behind it.
- People will write Lindsay or Lindsey.
- It leans to girls in the record; a boy named Linzy may be taken for a girl on paper.
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Frequently asked
- How many Linzys are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 1,000 people named Linzy are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Linzy in 2025?
- Linzy ranks #10917 among US girl names in 2025, with 8 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Linzy?
- About 1 in every 200,908 US girls born in 2025 was named Linzy — 8 in all.
- Will my child share the name Linzy with classmates?
- Linzy will almost certainly be the only one in school.
Ranked beside Linzy
Names sitting at a similar level of popularity right now.
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