Gender Feminine
Usage English, German, Dutch, Biblical, Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek [1]
Scripts Λυδία(Ancient Greek)
Meaning & History
Means "from Lydia" in Greek. Lydia was a region on the west coast of Asia Minor, said to be named for the legendary king Lydos. 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.
Related Names
VariantLyda(English)
DiminutiveLiddy(English)
Other Languages & CulturesLidziya(Belarusian) Lidiya(Bulgarian) Lídia(Catalan) Lidija(Croatian) Lýdie, Lydie(Czech) Liidia(Estonian) Lýdia(Faroese) Lyydia, Lyyti(Finnish) Lydie(French) Lidia(Georgian) Lídia, Lilla(Hungarian) Lidia(Italian) Lidija(Latvian) Lidija(Lithuanian) Lidija(Macedonian) Lidia, Lidka(Polish) Lídia(Portuguese) Lidia(Romanian) Lidiya, Lidochka(Russian) Lidija(Serbian) Lýdia(Slovak) Lidija(Slovene) Lidia(Spanish) Lidiya(Ukrainian)
Same SpellingLýdia
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Sources & References
- Strong, James. The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, entry g3070, available from https://www.blueletterbible.org/lang/lexicon/lexicon.cfm?strongs=g3070.
