Given name

Elydia

Elydia is used as a given name.

Meaning & origin

A reliable meaning for Elydia isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.

The story

Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1954. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.

From dated birth records

Elydia through the years

Babies since 1880
20
0 boys · 20 girls
Most popular year
1954
5 babies
2025
0
Outside the ranked list
2021–25 vs 2016–20
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Too few births to compare
01231960198020002025Highest share 19830.0
Elydia in U.S. Social Security birth records, 1954–2025, per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births for a sex are not published and appear as zero. Use the arrow keys to step through years.

By the numbers

The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 2017. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 140 as a first name in 2020.

From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.

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The ring: spellings.

Hover or tab through the constellation to see how each name is related. Bigger dots are names more people in the U.S. share.

Spellings & scripts 1

The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.

Similar names

If you love Elydia, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

Latin

Oralia

“golden-haired woman”

17Very rareEasing

>99% girls

Spanish

Hermelinda

“bearing a powerful shield”

17Very rareRising fast

>99% girls

 

Enola

Enola is a feminine given name.

30RareRising fast

>99% girls

English

Elida

“resembling a winged creature”

28RareEasing

>99% girls

Literary

Alesia

“noble” · “kind”

27RareEasing

>99% girls

Saints

Herlinda

19Very rareRising

>99% girls

 

Elona

21RareSteady

>99% girls

 

Mellody

17Very rareSteady

>99% girls

Sibling ideas

Names that share Elydia’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.

A brother for Elydia

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