Lynd Last Name Facts and Heraldry

Many Lynd families will find their roots under Lind, the form most records use. Its meaning, shared with Lind, is “Linden tree”.

A variant of Lind

Lynd writes “y” in place of the “i” found in Lind, a common scribal difference. Regional accents shaped spellings long before dictionaries fixed them. Other spellings include Linde and Lindh.

The Census Bureau's 2010 surname file lists Lynd with 1,354 bearers, at rank 19,852. Lynd sounds close to Land and Lund, so it can help to search both.

Heraldry and the Lynd name

There is no single Lynd family crest for every bearer. Herald Lab researches the arms historically associated with the name and explains whose they were.

Want more than a summary? See the Lynd family name pack.