Given name
Lydie
“woman from Lydia”·“a beautiful woman from Lydia”
Lydie 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
Lydie 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
Lydie is a variant of Lydia. An origin associated with Lydia is Greek.
Explained through its name family
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
Lydie through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 337
- 0 boys · 337 girls
- Most popular year
- 1919
- 16 babies
- 2025
- 7
- #12,662 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +100%
- Rising fast
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 7 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 12,662 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for girls was 16 in 1919. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 696 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.
Lydie’s family of names
Lydie shares a linguistic root with Lydia. In French usage, Lydie has a conventional equivalent in the Finnish form Lyydia. Lydie has a related form in Lydia.
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Around the world
Lydie has relatives in 7 languages.
5 related names in 7 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 2
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 12
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Lidiaequivalent
- Lidijaequivalent
- Lidiyaequivalent
- Λυδίαequivalent
- Lyydiequivalent
- Лідзіяequivalent
- Lidziyaequivalent
- Lýdiaequivalent
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People named Lydie
- Lydie SalvayreFrench writerborn 1946
- Lydie PolferLuxembourgish politician (born 1952)
- Lydie Denieractress, modelborn 1964
- Lydie Dooh BunyaCameroonian journalist, writer and feminist1933–2020
- Lydie SchmitLuxembourgish politician (1939-1988)
- Lydie PongaultCongolese politicianborn 1959
- Lydie MassardFrench politicianborn 1978
- Lydie SolomonFrench classical pianist and actressborn 1982
- Lydie ArickxFrench painter and sculptorborn 1954
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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