Given name
Ligia
“one who is musically talented”
Ligia is used as a given name. One Greek interpretation is “one who is musically talented.” Its derivation is not certain.
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Greek interpretation is “one who is musically talented.” Its derivation is not certain.
Where it comes from
A possible origin is Greek, although the derivation remains uncertain.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1918. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Ligia through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 702
- 0 boys · 702 girls
- Most popular year
- 1985
- 28 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 6 in 2024. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 5,840 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.
Ligia’s family of names
Ligia is a form of Eligia. Ligia has a related form in Lygia. Ligia is a form of Eloi.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 8
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 3
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Ligia
- Ligia BorowczykPolish actress1932–2022
- Ligia AmadioBrazilian conductorborn 1964
- Ligia DecaMinister of Education of Romania since 2022born 1982
- Ligia GargalloPeruvian-Chilean researcherborn 1933
- Ligia MoreiraEcuadorian association football playerborn 1992
- Lígia SilvaBrazilian table tennis playerborn 1981
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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