Given name · Ukrainian
Лідія
Лідія (Lídija) is a feminine given name from Ancient Greek. It is used in Ukrainian.
UkrainianWritten 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)
Лідія’s family of names
In Ukrainian usage, Лідія has a conventional equivalent in the English form Lydia. In Ukrainian usage, Лідія can be written in the Roman alphabet as Lídija. In Ukrainian usage, Лідія has a conventional equivalent in the Russian form Лидия.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Лідія has relatives in 3 languages. Lines run from its Ancient Greek roots to each of them.
3 related names in 3 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 6
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Лідія
- Lidia SemenovaUkrainian chess player1951–2025
- Lydia YavorskayaRussian actor (1871–1921)
- Lidiya HrebetsUkrainian Soviet swimmerborn 1943
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