Given name
Lidia
“woman from Lydia”·“a beautiful woman from Lydia”
Lidia is a form of Lydia. Interpretations include “woman from Lydia” (Greek) and “a beautiful woman from Lydia” (Greek). These may reflect different naming traditions.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Lidia is a form of Lydia. Interpretations include “woman from Lydia” (Greek) and “a beautiful woman from Lydia” (Greek). These may reflect different naming traditions.
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Lidia is a form of Lydia. An origin associated with Lydia is Greek.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In Polish use, Lidia is used as a form of Lydia.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1888. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Lidia through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 11,326
- 0 boys · 11,326 girls
- Most popular year
- 2008
- 243 babies
- 2025
- 132
- #1,589 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −3%
- Steady
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 132 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 1,589 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 3.3% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 243 in 2008. In 2025, Texas had the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (22). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 33,871 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.
Lidia’s family of names
In Emilian usage, Lidia has a diminutive in Lìddia. Lidia shares a linguistic root with Lydia. In Spanish usage, Lidia has a conventional equivalent in the Russian form Лидия.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Lidia has relatives in 7 languages.
6 related names in 7 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 4
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 18
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Lidia
- Lidia RuslanovaRussian-Soviet singer (1900-1973)
- Lidia GueilerPresident of Bolivia (1921-2011)
- Lidia KopaniaPolish singerborn 1978
- Lidia ZamenhofPolish writer, translator, Esperantist and Holocaust victim (1904–1942)
- Lidia IsacMoldovan singerborn 1993
- Lidia ȘimonRomanian marathon runnerborn 1973
- Lidia WysockaPolish actress (1916-2006)
- Lidia PoëtItalian lawyer1855–1949
- Lidia KulikovskiMoldovan librarian and bibliographerborn 1951
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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