Lydia
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Lydia is Greek for “woman from Lydia,” an ancient region of Anatolia famed for its wealth. In Acts, Lydia is a businesswoman selling purple cloth who became Paul’s first convert in Macedonia; Protestants widely used the name in the 1600s. Lydia Litvyak was a Soviet fighter pilot in WWII who scored aerial victories against the Nazis. Lydia also appears in Pride and Prejudice.
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Usage of Lydia in different languages / cultures
The list below was created by gathering names from various sources for different languages, and then matching Lydia against each list of names.
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Note: In some cases it is possible for the check mark to be missing even if Lydia is used in a particular country, as almost no source name list has 100% coverage.
Lydia in official name statistics
United States
In 2025, 2,692 girls were named Lydia, making it the #92 girls' name in the US. Since 1880, 187,039 girls have been named Lydia, with the most (3,652) in 2014. It is most common, relative to births, in Wyoming, Vermont and North Dakota.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880–2025. Names given to fewer than 5 babies in a year are not listed.
Other countries
Counts are babies born that year, or living people for "all ages" rows, as published by each country's statistics office or population register.
Lydia in other languages
- Lidia Dutch, Italian, Polish, Spanish
- Lidija Latvian, Slovenian
- Lídia Catalan, Hungarian
- Лидия Bulgarian, Russian
- Lydie French
- Lyydi Finnish
- Lyydia Finnish
- Lýdie Czech
- Лідія Ukrainian
Lydia name days
- December 13 Norway
- December 3 Sweden
Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Towns named Lydia
There are 11 towns and villages with Lydia in their name, in 2 countries.
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| Name | Where | Population | |
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| Lydia | Louisiana, 🇺🇸 United States | 952 | Map |
| Lydía | East Macedonia and Thrace, 🇬🇷 Greece | 808 | Map |
| Lydia | South Carolina, 🇺🇸 United States | 642 | Map |
| Lydia | Alabama, 🇺🇸 United States | – | Map |
| Lydia | Texas, 🇺🇸 United States | – | Map |
| Lydia | Virginia, 🇺🇸 United States | – | Map |
| Lydia | West Virginia, 🇺🇸 United States | – | Map |
| Lydia | Minnesota, 🇺🇸 United States | – | Map |
| Lydia | Kansas, 🇺🇸 United States | – | Map |
| Lydia Mills | South Carolina, 🇺🇸 United States | – | Map |
Source: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Maps: OpenStreetMap.
Lakes named Lydia
There are 7 lakes and reservoirs with Lydia in their name, in 2 countries.
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| Name | Where | |
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| Lac Lydia | Quebec, 🇨🇦 Canada | Map |
| Lac Lydia | Quebec, 🇨🇦 Canada | Map |
| Lac Lydia | Quebec, 🇨🇦 Canada | Map |
| Lake Lydia | Texas, 🇺🇸 United States | Map |
| Lake Lydia | Minnesota, 🇺🇸 United States | Map |
| Lydia Lake | Ontario, 🇨🇦 Canada | Map |
| Lydia Pond | New York, 🇺🇸 United States | Map |
Source: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Maps: OpenStreetMap.
Lydia songs
15 songs and musical works on Wikidata have Lydia in their title. The best known:
- Lydia the Tattooed Lady – Harold Arlen and Yip Harburg (1939)
- Lydia – Dean Friedman (1978)
- Lydia – Highly Suspect (2015)
- Lydia – Fur Patrol (2000)
- LYDIA (Bergey)
- LYDIA (Phillips)
- LYDIA (Stebbins)
- LYDIA'S SONG
- Lydia – Olof Åhlström
- Lydia – Antônio Carlos dos Reis Rayol
Song data: Wikidata (CC0), ordered by how widely each song is covered on Wikipedia.
Celebrities named Lydia
Based on celebrities listed on Wikipedia, filtered to only those with the first name Lydia.
Lydia Ko
Lydia Lassila
Lydia Loveless
Fictional characters named Lydia
Characters from films and TV series, from Wikidata, ordered by how widely they are covered on Wikipedia.
Character data: Wikidata (CC0). Images: Wikimedia Commons; click an image for its author and licence.
Lydia as a pet name
FurryName has found 67 dogs named Lydia in public pet registers, making it the #2,043 dog name there. Most of them are registered in Cambridge (3), Basel (2), Framingham (1). Lydia as a dog name →
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