Given name
Lidija
“woman from Lydia”·“a beautiful woman from Lydia”
Lidija is a variant 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
Lidija is a variant 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
Lidija is a variant of Lydia. An origin associated with Lydia is Greek.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In Latvian usage, Lidija developed from Λυδία.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2000. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Lidija through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 7
- 0 boys · 7 girls
- Most popular year
- 2000
- 7 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 7 in 2000. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 446 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.
Lidija’s family of names
In Latvian usage, Lidija shares a linguistic root with the English form Lydia. Lidija has a related form in Lydia. In Slovenian usage, Lidija has a conventional equivalent in the English form Lydia.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 14
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Lidija
- Lidija DimkovskaMacedonian writerborn 1971
- Lidija BačićCroatian singerborn 1985
- Lidija Horvat-DunjkoCroatian opera singerborn 1967
- Lidija LiepiņaLatvian physical chemist (1891-1985)
- Lidiia SichenikovaUkrainian archerborn 1993
- Lidija KulišBosnia and Herzegovina association football playerborn 1992
- Lidija VukićevićSerbian actressborn 1962
- Lidija BajukCroatian singer-songwriterborn 1965
- Lidija HorvatCroatian handball playerborn 1982
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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