Lydia name - Meaning of Lydia
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- Gender
- Feminine
- Lucky Number
- 6
- Usage
- English, German, Finnish, Biblical, Old Church Slavic, Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek
- Pronounced
- LID-ee-ə (English) , LUY-dee-ah (German)
- Lydia Meaning
- 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. Lydia originates in Greek language and means "coming from Lydia". Lydia was the kingdom of western Asia Minor, today"s Turkey, in the Iron Age. The name is also mentioned in the Bible, where Saint Lydia was the first recorded convert to Christianity in Europe. As a feminine given name Lydia is fairly popular in the United States nowadays.
Lydia Related Names
Variants: Lyda (English), Lyydia (Finnish), Lidia, Lidija, Lidiy, Lydie, Lida
Diminutives: Liddy (English), Lyyti (Finnish)
Other Languages: Lidiya (Bulgarian), Lidija (Croatian), Lýdie (Czech), Lydie (French), Lidia (Italian), Lidija (Macedonian), Lidia, Lidka (Polish), Lídia (Portuguese), Lidiya, Lidochka (Russian), Lidija (Serbian), Lýdia (Slovak), Lidija (Slovene), Lidia (Spanish)
Lydia Celebrities
Lydia Bailey - writer, Lydia Coates - published author, Lydia Echevarria - actress, Lydia Kwa - writer, Lydia Lunch - musician, Lydia Ugolini - writer, Lydia Wellington - jazz artist,
