Lind
Lind is a surname of both Swedish and Estonian origin. In Swedish, it is the word for the linden tree. In Estonian, it is the word for bird.
Geographical distribution
As of 2014, 36.1% of all known bearers of the surname Lind were residents of the United States, 26.2% of Sweden, 8.0% of Germany, 7.7% of Denmark, 3.9% of Norway, 3.1% of Finland, 2.3% of Canada, 2.0% of Australia, 1.5% of Estonia and 1.4% of Austria.As of 1 January 2021, 369 men and 407 women have the surname Lind in Estonia. Lind is 112th most common surname for men in Estonia, and the 112th most common surname for women. The surname Lind is most commonly found in Hiiu County, where there 17.86 per 10,000 inhabitants of the county bear the surname.
In Sweden, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average in the following regions:
- 1. Gävleborg County
- 2. Dalarna County
- 3. Uppsala County
- 4. Norrbotten County
- 5. Östergötland County
- 6. Värmland County
- 7. Västerbotten County
- 8. Västernorrland County
- 9. Kalmar County
- 10. Södermanland County
- 11. Jämtland County
- 12. Västmanland County
- 13. Jönköping County
Film, stage and television
- Arvi Lind, Finnish television news presenter
- Dagny Lind, Swedish film actress
- Della Lind, Austrian/American actress and operatic soprano
- Emily Alyn Lind, American actress
- John Lind (female impersonator), Swedish female impersonator, singer and dancer
- Letty Lind, English actress, dancer and acrobat
- Sarah Lind, Canadian actress
- Traci Lind, American film actress
Music
- Bob Lind, American folk music singer/songwriter
- Espen Lind, Norwegian musician
- Eva Lind, Austrian operatic soprano
- Jenny Lind, Swedish opera singer
- Jon Lind, American songwriter and performer
- Mark Lind, American singer/songwriter
- Olle Lind, Swedish musician
- Zach Lind, American musician
- Sebastian Lind, Danish musician
Politics
- Albert Lind, Australian politician, Country Party member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly
- Amanda Lind, Swedish politician
- Greg Lind, American politician, Democratic Party member of the Montana Senate
- Ivar Lykke Falch Lind, Norwegian jurist and politician for the Conservative Party
- James F. Lind, Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives
- Jim Lind (politician), Liberal party member of the Canadian House of Commons
- John Lind (politician), American politician
- Nathalie Lind, Danish politician
- Rikke Lind, Norwegian politician for the Labour Party
Science, medicine and technology
- Artur Lind, Estonian molecular biologist
- David A. Lind, American physicist and mountain climber
- Don L. Lind, American astronaut
- James Lind, Scottish pioneer of naval hygiene
- Jens Lind, Danish apothecary and botanist
- Karin Lind, Swedish astronomer
- Samuel C. Lind, American radiation chemist
Sport
- Adam Lind, American baseball player
- Andreas Lind, Danish sprint canoer
- Angelita Lind, Puerto Rican track and field athlete
- Björn Lind, Swedish cross country skier
- Carl Johan Lind, Swedish athlete in 1912 Summer Olympics
- Carl Lind (baseball), American baseball player
- Caroline Lind, American rower
- Dennis Lind, Danish racing driver
- Dustin Lind, American baseball coach
- Folke Lind, Swedish football player
- Haakon Lind, Norwegian boxer who competed in the 1928 Summer Olympics
- Harry Lind, Scottish international rugby union player
- Hasse Pavia Lind, Danish athlete
- Jack Lind, American Major League Baseball player
- Jim Lind, American football player and coach
- Joan Lind, American rower
- Johan Lind, Norwegian speed skater
- José Lind, former Major League Baseball player
- Juha Lind, Finnish ice hockey forward
- Kole Lind, Canadian ice hockey player
- Heino Lind, Estonian sport sailor
- Mak Lind, Swedish–Lebanese football manager and former player
- Lasse Lind, Finnish football player
- Mads Lind, Danish handball player
- Mikael Lind, Swedish professional ice hockey player
- Pasi Lind, Finnish judo athlete
- Raimo Lind, Finnish curler
- Sofia Lind, Swedish cross-country skier
- Victoria Lind, New Zealand cricketer
Writing
- Angus Lind, American columnist for the New Orleans Times-Picayune
- Idar Lind, Norwegian author and playwright
- Jakov Lind, Austrian-British writer
- Melva Lind, American professor and author
- Michael Lind, American political writer
- William S. Lind, American expert on military affairs and pundit on cultural conservatism
Other
- Baron von Lind, American artist, born Jerry Lind
- David Lind, American crime figure
- DeDe Lind, American glamour model
- Earl Lind, American author and advocate for androgynes
- Edmund George Lind, English-born American architect
- Henry Curtis Lind, American lawyer
- James Lind (Royal Navy officer), officer of the Royal Navy
- Johanna Lind, Miss Sweden in 1993
- John Lind (barrister), English barrister, political activist, and pamphleteer
- Lily Lind, New Zealand nurse who died in World War I
- Lizzy Lind af Hageby, Swedish countess, feminist, writer, and anti-vivisection activist
- Maj Lind, Finnish philanthropist
- Martin Lind, Swedish Lutheran bishop
- Norman Lind, British/Norwegian military and government official
- Wallace L. Lind, officer in the United States Navy