Lidia

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Lydia in US United States, PH Philippines, GB United Kingdom and 5 more, Лидия in RU Russia, KZ Kazakhstan, TR Türkiye and 1 more, Lydie in FR France, CZ Czechia and Лідія in UA Ukraine.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 13 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Lidia is also recorded as 6 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• a separate given name24K records spelled Lidia7 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Bolivia, Spain, United Kingdom

  Also written Lídia, Lidiâ, Lidi-A, Lìdìâ, Lidía

• Indonesian given name18K records spelled Lidia4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Indonesia, United States, Peru, Sweden

  Also written 'Lidia, Lídia, Lîdîā

• Finnish given name8.9K records spelled Lidia7 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Finland, Estonia, United States, Hungary

  Languages: Finnish, Estonian, Hungarian

  Also written Lídia, LiDiä, Lîdîâ

• Vietnamese given name2.9K records spelled Lidia3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Spain, United States, Italy, Vietnam

  Languages: Vietnamese, Khmer

  Also written Lídia

• Turkish given name1.2K records spelled Lidia5 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Türkiye, Spain, Russia, United States

  Languages: Turkish, Azerbaijani

  Also written Lídia

• Korean given name718 records spelled Lidia2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Peru, Spain, Italy

  Also written Lídia

66 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Lidia is also recorded in 4 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In English, A female given name from Ancient Greek, a less common spelling of Lydia.

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In Spanish, Griego, 'la que procede de Lidia' (región de Asia Menor).

  as a name·Diccionario etimológico de nombres propios

• In Russian, de Lydia, nom d'une ancienne contrée d'Asie Mineure, sur la mer d'Egée.

  as a name·Russian Names

• Proveniente dalla Lidia

  as a name·Il grande libro dei nomi per bebè. Significato, origini, curiosità. Oltre 7000 nomi per bambine e bambini Significato,…

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

US SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) — 125 years between 1888–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Lydia Lopokovab. 1892RUnot in their usual nameRussian ballet dancer (1892–1981)
• Lidia Ruslanovab. 1900RURussian-Soviet singer (1900-1973)
• Lidia Zamenhofb. 1904PLPolish writer, translator, Esperantist and Holocaust victim (1904–1942)
• Lydia Chukovskayab. 1907RUnot in their usual nameRussian writer and poet (1907–1996)
• Lydia Litvyakb. 1921RUnot in their usual nameSoviet flying ace
• Lidia Gueiler Tejadab. 1921BOPresident of Bolivia (1921-2011)
• Lydia Alfonsib. 1928ITnot in their usual nameItalian actress (1928–2022)
• Lidia Skoblikovab. 1939RUspeed skater
• Lidia Șimonb. 1973RORomanian marathon runner
• Lidia Isacb. 1993RUMoldovan singer

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 1,213 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Lidia?

We estimate roughly 476 thousand people bear Lidia (counting its spellings and scripts) across 11 countries in our records.

In which country does Lidia have the most bearers?

Lidia is most frequently recorded in Russia, where it is most often spelled лидия.

How common is Lidia compared with other names?

In Russia, Lidia is the 52nd most common given name of 418,751 given names recorded there.

Is Lidia a male or female name?

Lidia is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.

What does the name Lidia mean?

Recorded meaning: Lydia (a historical region and ancient kingdom in western Asia Minor, in modern-day Turkey)