Male first name (Scottish): Lindsay, Old English (Surname as first name), in Scotland as a male name in use everywhere else almost exclusively as a female name, origins see female name Female first name (English, Scottish): Lindsay, (family name as Old English first name ) ey = the wetland, ey = island (Old Norse), use of a Scottish family name as first name, the surname comes from the place Lindsey in Lincolnshire, 'Lindsey' means' wetland of Lincoln ', there are also alternative interpretations of' Lindsey ', eg' island in the river Lindum ', in Scotland as a male name in use virtually everywhere else only as a female name