Behind the Name: Meaning, Origin and History of the Name Lydia

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LYDIA

GENDER: Feminine

USAGE: English, German, Finnish, Biblical, Old Church Slavic, Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek

OTHER SCRIPTS: Лѷдіа (Church Slavic), Λυδια (Ancient Greek)

PRONOUNCED: LID-ee-ə (English), LUY-dee-ah (German) [key]

Meaning & History

Means "from Lydia" in Greek. Lydia was a region on the west coast of Asia Minor. In the New Testament this is the name of a woman converted to Christianity by Saint Paul. In the modern era the name has been in use since the Protestant Reformation.

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VARIANTS: Lyda (English), Lyydia (Finnish)

DIMINUTIVES: Liddy (English), Lyyti (Finnish)

OTHER LANGUAGES: Lidiya (Bulgarian), Lidija (Croatian), Lýdie (Czech), Lydie (French), Lidia (Italian), Lidija (Macedonian), Lidia (Polish), Lídia (Portuguese), Lidiya, Lidochka (Russian), Lýdia (Slovak), Lidija (Slovene), Lidia (Spanish)

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