Comments for the name Lydia

My own name is Lydia. I like being called Lydia ever since I was given this name. In my view, this is a pretty name as well as cute. I wish any girl who has this opinion of herself should be named Lydia and the like.

Lydia Bennet is the flirtatious, boy-crazy shopaholic in Pride and Prejudice.

My name is Lydia and I think it is ok. Many people tell me they think it is beautiful, but they always say it is Amish. Does anyone know of any royalty or famous people with my name?

It's my name too and people say they like it. It isn't common. Is it an old-fashioned name?

My name's Lydia, too. My parents emigrated from Croatia, and my name is "Lidija" there (and that's how I was baptized). I haven't met many other Lydias. The two I have met were a Jamaican Brit and an Irish/Hawaiian girl, so I guess we're officially exotic (I'll take that!). The encyclopedia says that the Lydians were elegant and artistic, and devised the system of using coins. Lydia is also Beetlejuice's goth buddy. We're rare. Sweet!

I'm fairly sure it's not that rare. There's two Lydia's in my year at college, and I know four others. It's a beautiful name though.

I think it's a beautiful name, unlike mine 'Emma'.

Lydia probably dates from the Ancient Greek practice of renaming captive slaves with Greek nicknames after their physical attributes or where they came from. A Celtic slave might be called the equivalent of "Blondie". "Lydia" denotes a slave from Lydia in Asia Minor.

In the Bible Lydia was merchant who sold purple cloth, purple was a color of wealth and royalty.

This is a very pretty name. Not an overly popular name which is nice.

I love my name. It is so unique and rich and full of culture and history. And It's the only name that's right for me because it's so diverse and beautiful and elegant, yet fun and simple and cute.

This is my name, and my mother always told me that it means "seller of purple," for the woman who took the disciples into her house in the New Testament. That was what she did for a living.

Another meaning of this name is "worshipper of God".

Another Lydia to add to our growing list! I love my name! Except for all the people who can't say it. A lot of people call me Linda. Where the 'n' comes from I'm not sure. My grandmum calls me Lydie. To my friends I'm Lyd. And my mum calls me Lilly.

Lydia is the girl in the Tim Burton movie Beetle Juice, played by Winona Ryder. Man, that's such a great movie. I love Tim Burton.

This is actually quite a pretty name, but I used to know a girl called Lydia who was rather unpleasant, which has kind of ruined it for me.

Instead of the name I was given (Audra--which I don't really like all that much), my mother was going to name me Lydia. Unfortunately, my sister picked my middle name (Lindsay) and they didn't think that the pairing sounded right. I think it sounds fine, and I almost regret them not naming me Lydia, since it sounds more pleasant on the tongue, but that's my opinion.

German pronunciation: LUY-dee-ah. [noted -ed]

Lydia has been in use since the 1880's and was very popular to 1900 when it gradually declined in popularity and began increasing in popularity again in 2000.

Groucho Marx sang about "Lydia, the Tattooed Lady" in the movie "Why a Duck" (1939). The song enjoyed some popularity. A sample of the lyrics:
Lydia The Tattooed Lady/She has eyes that folks adore so/and a torso even more so.

Oooooooh Lydia oh Lydia, say have you met Lydia, Lydia, the Tattooed Lady. She has eyes that folks adore so, and a torso even more so. Lydia oh Lydia!

By the way, it was sung in At The Circus (1939).

One of my favorites! Lydia, the tatooed lady was also sang in "Philadelphia Story" by Tracy Lord's (Katharine Hepburn) younger sister, Dinah. It hasn't dimmed my enthusiasm for the name one bit.

Lydia is my mum's name. She thinks it's horrible, but I think it's lovely.

Lydia Beardsall Lawrence (1851-1910) was the mother of the writer D. H. (David Herbert) Lawrence (1885-1930), who subsequently named one of his characters in his 'Sons And Lovers' novel Lydia.

I love the name Lydia. It's pretty and it's a classic name but not nearly as overused as most others. The main literary associations are Lydia Bennet and Lydia Languish, not necessarily the most desirable, but I like it anyway.

I love the name Lydia. I named my second child Lydia and I have yet to meet another little girl with the name Lydia. My Lydia is so beautiful and kind, she suits the name perfecly.

In The Stepmom there is a character named Lydia.

Lydia's a name that's used a lot in my mom's family. My grandmother's name is Lydia (called Lily), my aunt's name is Lydia (called Lori), and her daughter's name is Lydia (called, well, Lydia). I don't usually like the whole family-name thing, but if I ever have a girl, I think I might name her Lydia, since it hasn't been used in that generation yet. Lily is a nice nickname for it.

Queen Lydia Lili'uokalani was the last reigning monarch of Hawaii.

Famous bearer: Princess Lydia Wiazemsky.

I happen to love this name. It's beautiful sounding, not trendy, and I love its eighteenth-century flavor. But every person to whom I have mentioned it says that they hate it, to the point that I would hesitate to use it for my daughter, because of the fact that she would have a name that was so universally disliked. But, considering that one of these commenters had named her daughter Hilary (hideous), perhaps I should just chalk it up to the fact that these people's taste is all in their mouth, and go for it anyway!

Lydia is the Czech and Slovak form. Name Day: 14. December (Czech) and 19. August (Slovak).

Actress Helen Mirren (The Queen; Prime Suspect) was born Ilyena Lydia Mironoff.

I adore this name. I named one of my first dolls Lydia. My husband says this name is too 1950s. I think it sounds historical and Biblical. And my name is Leah, so it would be a great mother-daughter combination.

Lydia Lankford is the name of a 1770s girl from the Sisters In Time series.

Lydia Glasher is a character in George Eliot's novel 'Daniel Deronda.'

I like this name and I've met pretty cool people named Lydia, but I can't help but think about chlamydia when I hear this name.

As to the prior comments about people not liking the name "Lydia". I was named Lydia after my grandmother. I am Lydia Sue. I have always loved the name Lydia. I love the name and all my friends know that is my "real" name and they like it too. I too, have been called "Linda" in the past. If I would have been able to have another daughter, I would have named her "Lydia" something. I wished I had named my first daughter "Lydia".

Quintus Horatius Flaccus (Horace) wrote beautiful poems to his lover, Lydia, that's my reason for loving this name.

I am very glad the name Lydia is so rare. It indicates that the few people who are blessed with the name are very special and noteworthy. For those people who have the privilege of knowing more than one Lydia, I don't know where you live, but here in the American Great Plains, it is not so prolific. I am heartened by all the lovely comments on this wonderful name and hope that they encourage some special parents to bestow upon their little girl this name of awe-inspiring beauty.

This is my favourite girls' name. I like the sound, the spelling, and I've never actually met anyone with this name, which is all good. And I can't think of anything that would cause a kid to get picked on for having this name, either.

As feminine names go, Lydia to me is one of the nicest ones for a girl or woman of any age. It's delicate and refined. Lydia is also the name of a people who once lived in present day Turkey's Anatolian province all the way to the Aegean sea. They profoundly influenced the Greeks culturally before they were conquered by the Persians.

A famous, but fictional, bearer is Lydia Languish, who is a wealthy teenage heiress in Richard Brinsley Sheridan's The Rivals, a 1775 play. I also think this is a lovely name. :)

Lydia Lopokova (1892-1981) was a Russian ballet dancer who married the Bloomsbury economist Maynard Keynes. She was friends with T.S. Eliot, H.G. Wells and Pablo Picasso, and helped to form a national ballet company in Britain.

This is my cousin's name and I love it. It's in Greek so the "d" is pronounced "th" like in "this". I believe it's an elegant and beautiful name, it sounds soft and ethereal.

I love the timeless quality of this name. It has a Regency/Victorian charm, but is still very usable in the modern age.

Lydia M. Bastianich a well known TV Chef, she is an excellent Italian cook, plus I like this name :-))

This name is one of the ugliest I've ever heard! Are you all crazy?

Lydia is certainly NOT "one of the ugliest names ever". What an odd and unjustified statement to make. On the contrary, it's a beautiful, elegant and classical name. I think it's hard to deny that.

Lydia Rogers is half of the duo, The Secret Sisters.

Lydia was the eldest daughter of Robin Williams's character in Mrs. Doubtfire. She was often called "Lydie". I'm surprised that wasn't already on here! That's where I first fell in love with the name.

Such a pretty name! It suits all ages.

I'm sorry but I just do not like it. It reminds me of jar lids and chlamydia.

I completely disagree with the previous comment – The name is very lovely and elegant. Another famous bearer is Ilyena Lydia Mironoff, aka Helen Mirren, by the way.

I just noticed that the rating for this particular name has dropped from 74 % to 70 % overnight (I happened to look at the website yesterday) - how odd! Apparently dozens of people registered their negative opinion one after the other, in one go. I have noticed this phenomenon for other names too and it seems to me that the ratings on this board are being manipulated by certain users who are logging in and out, in order to be able to rate again. - this should not be allowed, as it gives wrong impressions of the popularity of names!

Lydia (portrayed by Sara Canning) appeared as a character in the Supernatural episode "The Slice Girls" in 2012. She is remarkable for having been an Amazon and mothering the child of Dean Winchester.

I didn't use to like this name because it reminded me of the obnoxious Lydia from Pride & Prejudice, but now it's starting to grow on me. I find it very pretty and elegant now.

Lydia Cornell is an American actress.

I keep coming across people with this name all of a sudden, so it must be making a comeback! I never really thought much about it, but I actually like it a lot.

Love this name! I've had similar experiences to those stated before, I've had people flat out tell me how much they hate this name. But I can't help but love it- it's so refined and beautiful, and it rolls of the tongue wonderfully.