Lindsay Pickton

It was a Scottish town name, a Scottish clan name, there is a Lindsay tartan. It is a surname. Then a man’s name… much later a girl’s one. I was furious.

There are plenty of Lindsay men around, in government here and in the States. And we all know about Lindsay Anderson, produce, director and actor. I don’t know why we / he never changed it. He said recently, ‘Perhaps I just wanted to be me.’

Now, he is successful, personable, good looking. And he says at least everyone knows who he is. And also that there are so many funny names in this country now. But it has spoiled it for me.

To me the name of my second daughter, Haidee, is the best name for a girl. And Lindsay is (would be) the best name for a boy. And Lindsay for a boy is/ would be even better than Haidee is for a girl.

When Lindsay was a little boy, I looked up the meaning of his name. It was: island in the middle of the sea! I did not think much of it as a meaning of a name. The names which came to mind meant: strong, brave, lionhearted. Or beloved. Loved of God. But when I told him, he quickly made sense of it. ‘Well, I am a bit stranded, aren’t I ?’

He has three sisters!

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Pamela Pickton‘s novel Neverland is on sale on amazon now, and on all good ebook websites, and read about her travails and worldly challenges in her Zitebooks collection of short stories, Reasons, which is also available to download from Amazon.