Lundy
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English
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]The name means 'puffin island', from Old Norse lundi (“puffin”) + ey (“island”). Compare Lundey in Iceland.
Proper noun
[edit]Lundy
- An island in the Bristol Channel, off the coast of Devon, England, and included in Torridge district (OS grid ref SS14).
- A sea area corresponding to the Bristol Channel
Derived terms
[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]Irish and Scottish surname from a variant of Lundie.
Proper noun
[edit]Lundy (plural Lundys)
- A surname.
Statistics
[edit]- According to the 2010 United States Census, Lundy is the 2439th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 14850 individuals. Lundy is most common among White (66.67%) and Black/African American (27.78%) individuals.
Further reading
[edit]- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Lundy”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 474.