Girl · Ancient Greek
Lydia
Say it: LID-ee-uh
Meaning
Greek, 'woman from Lydia', a region of western Asia Minor.
Certainscholars agree on this meaning.
Taken up by Protestants after the Reformation and common in the 18th and 19th centuries.
Its wave through time
Timeless: in steady use for over a century
In the United States
- 173,253 babies given this name since 1880
- At its height in 1890, about 1 in 331 girls
- 2,772 babies in 2020
Through the ages
- The Biblical WorldAbout 1200 BC to AD 100
- Ancient Greece800 BC to 146 BC
- The Renaissance1400 to 1600
- The Colonial Americas1500 to 1800
- The Age of Revolutions1750 to 1837
- Victorian and Belle Époque1837 to 1914
- The Modern Age1880 to today
Used by
Ancient GreekEarly ChristianEnglishAmericanGermanItalianRussianPolish
The family of the name
Other spellings: Lidia
| French | Lydie |
|---|---|
| Spanish | Lidia |
| Italian | Lidia |
| Portuguese | Lídia |
| German | Lydia |
| Polish | Lidia |
| Russian | Lidiya |
Famous bearers
- Lydia of Thyatira, seller of purple cloth in Acts 16
- Lydia Maria Child, American abolitionist writer
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Where this comes from
- The Hebrew Bible and the New Testament
- Parish baptism registers
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
- Colonial records of the Americas
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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