Given name · also Latin
Lídia
Lídia is a feminine given name from Latin, ultimately from Ancient Greek. It is used in Portuguese.
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Lídia comes from Latin, and ultimately from Ancient Greek.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
In Portuguese usage, Lídia developed from Λυδία.
Lídia’s family of names
In Portuguese usage, Lídia developed from the Ancient Greek form Λυδία. In Hungarian usage, Lídia has a conventional equivalent in the English form Lydia. In Catalan usage, Lídia has a conventional equivalent in the French form Lydie.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Lídia has relatives in 4 languages. Lines run from its Ancient Greek roots to each of them.
Ancient Greekwhere Lídia comes from · 1 name
Spellings & scripts 1
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.
People named Lídia
- Lídia Sákovicsné DömölkyHungarian fencerborn 1936
- Lídia JorgePortuguese writerborn 1946
- Lídia GuinartSpanish politician and journalistborn 1966
- Lídia PujolCatalan businessperson and singer-songwriterborn 1968
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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