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There are approximately 1,371 people named Lind in the UK. That makes it the 5,897th most common surname overall. Out of every million people in the UK, approximately 22 are named Lind.

Region of origin

British Isles

Country of origin

England

Language of origin

English

Religion of origin

Christian

Classification

English


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The Lind surname in historical dictionaries

An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names (1857)

(origin: Local Swedish, Sax., Dan., and Dutch.) A place where the lime or linden-trees grow.

Arthur, William (1857) An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names. New York: Sheldon, Blakeman. Public Domain.

Patronymica Britannica (1860)

LIND. The name of Lynne was assumed by the proprietors of the lands and barony of Lyune, in Ayrshire, as soon as surnames became hereditary in Scotland. B.L.G. Lind is Scotch for a lime tree. Jamieson. In England the name occm-s in the XIV. century, as De la Lynde — " of the Linden, or lime tree." This surname is found in most of the Teutonic languages. The Fr. name Tilleul is synonymous.

Lower, Mark A (1860) Patronymica Britannica: a dictionary of the family names of the United Kingdom. London: J.R. Smith. Public Domain.

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