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Лидия
Лидия (Lídija) is a feminine given name from Ancient Greek. It is used in Russian and Bulgarian.
Bulgarian and RussianWritten in Cyrillic script. In English: Lydia.
Meaning & origin
How it developed
From Ancient Greek Λυδία, built from Ancient Greek Λῡδός + -ῐ́ᾱ.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Лидия’s family of names
In Russian usage, Лидия has a conventional equivalent in the German form Lydia. In Russian usage, Лидия has a conventional equivalent in the Spanish form Lidia. In Russian usage, Лидия has a conventional equivalent in the French form Lydie.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Лидия has relatives in 7 languages. Lines run from its Ancient Greek roots to each of them.
Ancient Greekwhere Лидия comes from · 1 name
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 15
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Лидия
- Lydia LitvyakSoviet flying ace1921–1943
- Lidiya Skoblikovaspeed skaterborn 1939
- Lydia Lipkowskasinger (1884–1958)1882–1958
- Lidiya VertinskayaSoviet actress (1923–2013)
- Lidiya SeifullinaRussian writer (1889-1954)
- Lidiya AlfeyevaSoviet long jumper (1946–2022)
- Lidiya PonomarenkoUkrainian local historian, cartographer (1922-2013)
- Lidiya TseraskayaRussian astronomer (1855–1931)
- Lidiya SmirnovaSoviet and Russian actress (1915–2007)
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