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Lindell

♂ Boy

Pronounced lin-DEL /lɪnˈdɛl/High

Meaning: Lindell is an English place-and-surname name from Old English lind, 'lime or linden tree,' plus a valley or dell element — 'lime-tree valley' or 'dell.' Passed down surname-style as a given name, it keeps that leafy landscape meaning.Low

In 30 seconds: Lindell is a surname-name meaning 'lime-tree valley' in Old English (said 'lin-DEL'). It rode the family-surname custom into mid-century nurseries and peaked around 1949.
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Origin LowOld English, English
MeaningLindell is an English place-and-surname name from Old English lind, 'lime or linden tree,' plus a valley or dell element — 'lime-tree valley' or 'dell.' Passed down surname-style as a given name, it keeps that leafy landscape meaning.
U.S. rank (2023)#13386 ↘ Falling
2023 U.S. births5 boys (0.00% of U.S. boys)
Peak year1949
Total births (all-time)≈ 2,435

Popularity in the U.S. · SSA data

peak 194919132023

U.S. births per year (Social Security Administration, 1880–present). Pink marker = peak year.

SSA data updated May 2026. How we source & verify this data.

History & Origin

Lindell is drawn from an English surname rooted in Old English lind, 'linden tree,' and a valley element, giving 'lime-tree valley.' Like many surnames it was handed down as a first name, a custom strong in the American South and Midwest. It reached its modest high around 1949 at close to a hundred boys a year.

Lindell faded through the later century and had become uncommon by the two-thousands, though a scattering of boys carried it into the twenty-twenties. It reads as a mid-century Southern family name; distinctive and leafy in meaning, it has not joined the wider surname-name revival.

Did you know? The lind at the front of Lindell is the linden or lime tree, long a symbol of gentleness in Northern Europe — the same tree word hidden in names like Linda and Lindsay.
Overall data confidence 55%
References — Lindell — English surname < Old English 'lime-tree valley'

Variations

LindellLindelLyndell

Nicknames

LinDell

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Frequently Asked

What does the name Lindell mean?

Lindell comes from Old English for 'lime-tree valley'; it carries that landscape meaning.

How do you pronounce Lindell?

It's said lin-DEL /lɪnˈdɛl/ — two syllables, stress on the second.

Is Lindell a boy or girl name?

Lindell is used as a boy's name, from an English surname.

How popular is Lindell?

Lindell was an uncommon surname-name that crested around the late nineteen-forties and has been rare since.

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