Lindly Name Meaning, Origin and Heraldry

Arms linked to Lindley and its spellings were granted to individual families; our heraldry team traces which line they belonged to.

Family name meaning

Lindly belongs to the Lindley family of names, which has English roots. The family name meaning is “Lime-tree clearing”, the same as for Lindley.

Without the “e” of Lindley, Lindly is a simpler written form of the same name. Census takers and immigration officers often wrote what they heard. Related forms: Linley. According to the 2010 US Census, the Lindly surname had 293 bearers. Names that sound alike, such as Lindl, are easily confused in old records.

Get the complete Lindly report, with a museum-style coat of arms.