Lyndall
Feminine
Lyndall is given to both — 609 girls and 296 boys since 1880. See other names given to both
Lyndall is a rare name from the turn of the twentieth century, and it belongs to one of the first great feminist heroines in English fiction: the fierce, doomed Lyndall of Olive Schreiner's Story of an African Farm.
How old is the name Lyndall?
Lyndall first appears in US birth records in 1901 — 124 years ago. The typical Lyndall alive today was born around 1935, making them about 90 years old. About 200 people named Lyndall are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Lyndall most popular?
Lyndall peaked in 1901, reaching #1136 nationally. See the whole 1901 chart.
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Where it comes from
Origin, sound and short forms
Our story of Lyndall
In 1883 Olive Schreiner, a governess on a farm in the Karoo, published The Story of an African Farm under a man's name, and its heroine Lyndall, who refuses to marry the man whose child she carries because she will not give up her freedom, astonished readers in Britain and America. The novel became one of the most discussed books of its decade. Lyndall is a name that sounds soft and carries something unbending.
Meaningnot established
Not established
Lyndall is an English surname and the name of Schreiner's heroine; nothing records which an American family meant, and the surname's own meaning is uncertain.
Pronouncing Lyndall
LIN-dul
Two syllables with the stress on the first.
Nicknames for Lyndall
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
- 1901
- Most girls named
- 194319 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1136reached in 1901
- Change vs 1966
- 0.0%5 in 1968, 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.
Lyndalls among us
people named Lyndall are estimated to be alive in the US today
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
Questions parents actually ask
Fashion outlook
Lyndall sits outside the current charts, and that is its own kind of answer: naming cycles can only date the names they carried up. A name this rare has no decade stamped on it — it cannot go out of fashion, because it was never in.
Based on 146 years of naming cycles. How we read them
The trade-off
- A literary name with a remarkable heroine behind it.
- Soft and easy to say.
- Almost certain to be the only one.
- People will hear Lyndal or Lindell and need it spelled.
- It leans to girls but not decisively, so either child may be taken for the other.
- It has no documented meaning of its own.
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Frequently asked
- How many Lyndalls are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 200 people named Lyndall are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Lyndall in 2025?
- Lyndall is rarely given in the US today — it does not rank in the top 2000 girl names.
- Will my child share the name Lyndall with classmates?
- Lyndall will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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