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Lindsay
I like this in a retro kind of way. I actually think it is kind of cool. Its popularity was probably hidden a bit by the two very popular spelling variants Lindsay and Lindsey. I think if both spellings had been combined it would have come close to the top 10. Yet it never seemed that crazy popular to me and I never found it all that dated.What do you think? Which spelling? Dated?
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There were a lot of spellings, yeah. Probably would have been around #10 if all combined.It's about as dated as Amanda and Lauren. And Chelsea, although I guess Chelsea is a few years younger. Not a baby name, not "old" yet either.It's not my style. But it's better than Taylor or Courtney. About as appealing as Ashley. Pleasant enough, but too surnamey for me.I very much prefer the spelling Lindsay, for either sex. I slightly prefer the name for girls.
Lindsey reminds me of linsey-woolsey and just seems like it could be a mistake to me. It's like Chelsey.

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It feels dated to me, and I've never understood the appeal. It seems too surnamey, and I don't like the sound of it either. It doesn't help that the one Linsey I know happens to be a cousin who's in and out of jail and rehab.
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My name is Lindsey and I hate it. I hate it so much I don't go by it anymore.
It's dated and it's definitely not back yet. For girls at least.I'd say that doesn't apply to boys which is the only place I tolerate the name anyway.
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I really like Lindsay (as a feminine name), and I often feel alone in my liking of it, especially on BtN. I think Lindsay Lohan soured a lot of people on the name, unfortunately.EDIT: Looks like just about everybody but me prefers the Lindsey spelling. Though I definitely like the look of the "a" better.

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I've always preferred the Lindsey spelling (mainly because the pronunciation makes more sense and the Lindsay spelling is associated with Lindsay Lohan), although personally I'm not a fan of either. Lindsay/Lindsey is quite dated.

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To be honest, Lindsay Lohan kind of ruined this name for me. Lindsey seems to be the better spelling, but that's just me.
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Definitely seems 80s/90s dated to me. Too old to be current, not quite old enough to be vintage just yet. The meaning is meh. The sound is meh. It really is just meh to me. If I had to pick, Lindsay seems like the nicer spelling.
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Prefer Lindsey to Lindsay. Like it for both boy or girl but girl is the more common usage where I am from. I have known several but not enough to make me dislike the name
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Not a fan. However, I am much more inclined to the 'e' spelling. Looks nicer. Lindsey definitely.
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Yeah, it's dated. It came along with Ashley and Courtney, but both those names stayed more popular for longer. Lindsay just didn't have whatever they had.
I never liked it, but prefer Lindsey just because the ay ending with the ee sound is silly to me.
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Still far too dated to me, I think of names like Marilyn and June as retro, not this. It's not as bad as Brittany or Tiffany, but I'm still not a fan. I prefer Lindsey.
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Lindsay for a boy, Lindsey for a girl.It was never startlingly popular here, so I'm quite neutral about it. I think I prefer the female version, but then I'd be more likely to use Linden than Lindsey.I had a colleague whose parents couldn't decide between Lesley and Lynn, so named her Lynsey. That, I didn't like.
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