- Lydia Name Origin: Greek
- Pronunciation: lih-dee-ah
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Lydia Name Meaning
A beautiful Biblical pick with vintage styling, Lydia has been making her presence known on the baby name scene. With a sound similar to mega-hits like Olivia and Amelia, she’s a treasure of a name just waiting to be discovered by parents.
While old lady chic names continue to be all the rage, Lydia is right on trend without being too popular. Like her sisters Pearl and Margo, she has antique roots to boast about with a hefty dose of modern style as well. Likewise, she works well with the L name trend where Lily and Layla have been picking up steam. She’s well-known enough to avoid spelling or pronunciation issues but still has a sense of mystery around her.
Lydia is delicate yet strong, a name with more than meets the eye. She’s bold and brave in her styling, not afraid to strike a pose when the moment is right. She has the enviable British feel of Ruby and Madeline, yet takes things a step further with her upscale air. After all, Lydia is quite the polished lady, one who fancies the finer things in life.
Also appearing as Lidia, Lydia ages without issue, a darling name on a dainty tea party hostess and grown chef alike. With her precious nickname of Lydie, she’s simply irresistible.
Lydia Name Popularity
How popular is the name Lydia? Here’s everything we know.
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Year | Rank | # Births | % Births |
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1910 | 150 | 509 | 0.1446% |
1911 | 142 | 542 | 0.1455% |
1912 | 151 | 675 | 0.1338% |
1913 | 153 | 743 | 0.131% |
1914 | 165 | 836 | 0.12% |
1915 | 169 | 1,069 | 0.1177% |
1916 | 166 | 1,139 | 0.1179% |
1917 | 169 | 1,172 | 0.1171% |
1918 | 179 | 1,132 | 0.1055% |
1919 | 181 | 1,049 | 0.1002% |
1920 | 184 | 1,099 | 0.0988% |
1921 | 196 | 1,023 | 0.0893% |
1922 | 196 | 1,008 | 0.0905% |
1923 | 204 | 952 | 0.085% |
1924 | 215 | 889 | 0.0766% |
1925 | 206 | 932 | 0.0825% |
1926 | 221 | 791 | 0.0719% |
1927 | 216 | 851 | 0.0769% |
1928 | 219 | 788 | 0.0736% |
1929 | 223 | 724 | 0.0699% |
1930 | 234 | 650 | 0.0622% |
1931 | 236 | 613 | 0.0621% |
1932 | 245 | 599 | 0.0606% |
1933 | 236 | 639 | 0.0686% |
1934 | 248 | 591 | 0.0611% |
1935 | 245 | 636 | 0.0654% |
1936 | 237 | 654 | 0.0679% |
1937 | 237 | 652 | 0.0662% |
1938 | 242 | 648 | 0.0633% |
1939 | 239 | 644 | 0.0633% |
1940 | 237 | 683 | 0.0643% |
1941 | 251 | 638 | 0.0567% |
1942 | 230 | 807 | 0.0639% |
1943 | 230 | 822 | 0.063% |
1944 | 234 | 765 | 0.0617% |
1945 | 228 | 798 | 0.0654% |
1946 | 240 | 852 | 0.0577% |
1947 | 231 | 1,007 | 0.0603% |
1948 | 209 | 1,188 | 0.0744% |
1949 | 214 | 1,212 | 0.0753% |
1950 | 223 | 1,103 | 0.0685% |
1951 | 227 | 1,109 | 0.0654% |
1952 | 212 | 1,294 | 0.0741% |
1953 | 201 | 1,525 | 0.0862% |
1954 | 199 | 1,534 | 0.0839% |
1955 | 200 | 1,555 | 0.0845% |
1956 | 208 | 1,513 | 0.0801% |
1957 | 206 | 1,598 | 0.083% |
1958 | 207 | 1,550 | 0.082% |
1959 | 211 | 1,546 | 0.0814% |
1960 | 207 | 1,631 | 0.0861% |
1961 | 215 | 1,544 | 0.0818% |
1962 | 228 | 1,385 | 0.0754% |
1963 | 246 | 1,265 | 0.0705% |
1964 | 258 | 1,150 | 0.0653% |
1965 | 262 | 1,049 | 0.0641% |
1966 | 274 | 904 | 0.0579% |
1967 | 292 | 829 | 0.0546% |
1968 | 301 | 823 | 0.0548% |
1969 | 320 | 771 | 0.05% |
1970 | 307 | 887 | 0.0557% |
1971 | 312 | 822 | 0.0547% |
1972 | 319 | 714 | 0.0524% |
1973 | 329 | 640 | 0.0494% |
1974 | 314 | 685 | 0.0527% |
1975 | 326 | 643 | 0.05% |
1976 | 306 | 716 | 0.0556% |
1977 | 308 | 729 | 0.0541% |
1978 | 326 | 663 | 0.0493% |
1979 | 296 | 778 | 0.0552% |
1980 | 286 | 831 | 0.0568% |
1981 | 269 | 903 | 0.0614% |
1982 | 240 | 1,019 | 0.0682% |
1983 | 239 | 994 | 0.0674% |
1984 | 217 | 1,181 | 0.0794% |
1985 | 211 | 1,193 | 0.0786% |
1986 | 228 | 1,106 | 0.0733% |
1987 | 221 | 1,178 | 0.0772% |
1988 | 222 | 1,146 | 0.0735% |
1989 | 216 | 1,241 | 0.0769% |
1990 | 203 | 1,389 | 0.0838% |
1991 | 214 | 1,362 | 0.0836% |
1992 | 204 | 1,382 | 0.0866% |
1993 | 205 | 1,404 | 0.0901% |
1994 | 183 | 1,596 | 0.104% |
1995 | 168 | 1,743 | 0.1157% |
1996 | 173 | 1,796 | 0.1199% |
1997 | 160 | 1,922 | 0.13% |
1998 | 153 | 2,056 | 0.1374% |
1999 | 148 | 2,160 | 0.1442% |
2000 | 149 | 2,296 | 0.1503% |
2001 | 140 | 2,346 | 0.1557% |
2002 | 136 | 2,499 | 0.1668% |
2003 | 127 | 2,618 | 0.1721% |
2004 | 126 | 2,615 | 0.1716% |
2005 | 119 | 2,766 | 0.1809% |
2006 | 130 | 2,654 | 0.1695% |
2007 | 124 | 2,758 | 0.1748% |
2008 | 120 | 2,865 | 0.1854% |
2009 | 118 | 2,815 | 0.1883% |
2010 | 110 | 2,824 | 0.196% |
2011 | 96 | 3,083 | 0.2164% |
2012 | 95 | 3,162 | 0.2219% |
2013 | 95 | 3,252 | 0.2284% |
2014 | 84 | 3,632 | 0.2493% |
2015 | 80 | 3,489 | 0.2398% |
2016 | 80 | 3,606 | 0.2501% |
2017 | 85 | 3,303 | 0.2367% |
2018 | 89 | 3,176 | 0.2312% |
2019 | 93 | 2,976 | 0.2198% |
2020 | 97 | 2,644 | 0.2077% |
2021 | 89 | 2,732 | 0.2235% |
2022 | 93 | 2,785 | 0.2111% |
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Names Like Lydia
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What names are diminutives of Lydia?
A diminutive is a name that’s like Lydia sounds, you might also like these names that sound like Lydia, but shorter.
Name | Meaning | Origin | Popularity | Other Gender |
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Lada | Glorious rule | Slavic | ||
Leda | Woman | Greek | ||
Lida | Loved by the people | Slavic | ||
Lidie | From Lydia | Greek | ||
Lyda | Small winged one; loved by the people; from Lydia | Slavic | ||
Lydie | From Lydia | Greek |
What names are variants of Lydia?
Mix it up with these names that are a variation of the name Lydia.
Name | Meaning | Origin | Popularity | Other Gender |
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Lidia | From Lydia | Greek | ||
Lidija | From Lydia | Greek |
What names sound like Lydia?
If you like how Lydia sounds, you might also like these names that sound like Lydia.
Name | Meaning | Origin | Popularity | Other Gender |
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Libby | A diminutive of Elizabeth, “to the Lord I consecrate thee.” | Hebrew | ||
Liberty | Freedom | English | ||
Lyra | Lyre | Greek |
What names are similar to Lydia?
Find a name that’s like Lydia, but just a little bit different.
Name | Meaning | Origin | Popularity | Other Gender |
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Charlotte | Free man | French | ||
Dahlia | Dahlia flower | Scandinavian | ||
Danica | Morning star; from Denmark | Slavic |
Emilia | To rival | Latin | ||
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Evelyn | Desired one | English | ||
Isabella | Devoted to God | Italian | ||
Luciana | Light | Italian | ||
Olivia | Olive tree | Latin | ||
Penelope | Weaver | Greek | ||
Sophia | Wisdom | Greek |
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Siblings of Lydia
Mamas with kids named Lydia also have kids with these names.
Name | Meaning | Origin | Popularity | Other Gender |
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Lucas | From Lucania | Latin | ||
Desirae | Much desired | French | ||
Jonathan | God has given | Hebrew | ||
Stephen | Crown | English | ||
Ezra | Help | Hebrew |
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Caty
Lydia was the seller of purple cloth in the Bible, and I’m obsessed with the color purple. She also hosted the first church, and was one of the first female entrepreneurs mentioned.
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Shelby
It’s a beautiful & timeless name that isn’t overused. It’s very unique without sounding out of the ordinary. Lydia was the first gentile woman to believe in Christ in the book of Acts. She was a dyer of purple linens & was giving to the poor.
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Lydia Akao
I personally didn’t like my name Lydia because of how people would tease about it but time came when my rev was preaching about how Lydia, the business woman in the bible helped apostle Paul and his fellows by hospitalizing them and since then,I became so proud of my name LYDIA ???. And since I am beautiful, courageous and hard-working, please it’s a good name y’all should give your young born girls ????
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Haylee
Lydia is the first woman to follow Jesus in Europe when Paul and his coworkers share on the bank of a river where a group of ladies gathered to pray. Lydia is hard working and hospitable. She is a leader and leads her household in baptism after hearing about how to follow Jesus. I love what her name signifies in leadership, diligence and hospitality. Praying these things over my sweet Lydia Joy!
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Angela
Lydia from Acts 16
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Sonja
The name has a great meaning and is rather rare. The name works internationally. We have a friend with that name. Lydia was the first Christian woman in Europe.
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Kendrah
Lydia is a lesser known biblical name from the New Testament. I just knew she was Lydia once we knew she was a girl in utero. She already fits her name not even a day old.
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Lydia
My name is Lydia, and I love it.!! Well, I’ll say the name is such a sweet ?? and beautiful name.
It also have great meaning, am greatful to have one of a kind” name’. Baby girl Lydia ??Reply
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Kathy
Daddy chose the name after a famous female golfer. I have no objection since I already have a good friend whose name is Lydia – my friend is thrilled to share her name.
Nothing I dislike about the name Lydia.
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Desiree
My great grandmothers name was elva Louise love. Her initials were ELL. I’ve always wanted to name my daughter Ellie. BUT, my son has a biblical name and we wanted to keep that theme so we chose Lydia because not only is it biblical, it begins with L so we can call her “L” as a nod to my great grandmother.
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Lydia
I hated my name growing up. I am redheaded and with the name Lydia I was teased a lot about being a witch. I never had to worry about there ever being another Lydia being in the same class, as a matter of fact there never was one in the whole school until I got up into high school. I do have to correct people because they pronounce it wrong, my Grandpa always called me Libby. Now I get a lot of compliments on my name and the color of my hair. I also named my daughter Lydia but she goes by her middle name.
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Lydia
Hello I’m Lydia The name of Lydia is special ??and
It doesn’t matter if other people
Make fun of youWhen you do something they will talk
Don’t let them make you insecure
Lydia is a precious name?
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Audra
Lydia was the first European convert to Christianity, as recorded in the book of Acts. She was a seller of purple cloth and support led Paul’s gospel ministry/ the early house church movement.
I think it’s a beautiful name that sounds like a song ? It means beautiful one or noble one. My name, Audra, means noble woman and my daughter and I share the same middle name, Christine. I like that our names have similar meanings and that she’s named to honor a godly woman is scripture.
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Lydia
My name is Lydia. And I love it. As I grew it up I read the bible, everyone time I got to the part about Lydia I would get so excited
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Lydea Autry
My mom liked many girl names and one of them was Lydia. But after I was born, my moms cousin had a daughter that was two years older than me and was also named Lydia. So, with much thought, my mom and dad named me Lydea instead of Lydia to separate the confusing name.
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Ashley
When I was a little girl about 6 years old I read in the bible about Lydia , and I said then if I ever had a little girl that’s what her name would be. So many years later I had my sweet baby girl and Lydia JoAnne is her name 🙂
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Heather
I was in labor and I walked out of the bathroom and asked my husband if he liked the name. It just came to me during a contraction. We had a list of 18 names and we wanted to wait to meet her. Turns out she sent us a message.
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Michelle Anzivino
We love the name Lydia because we love Halloween and the name comes from the movie Beetlejuice 🙂
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Hannah
I wanted something unique and lovely and as an added bonus it also happens to be a positive biblical name of a prophetess in the book of Acts. It also went well with my middle, May, name which I’d be giving to my girl.
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Kendal
We hadn’t much thought about or discussed names before our baby was born. We did not find out the sex, and after taking a week to decide our firstborn’s name, figured we could wait and avoid the stress of looking. After she was born and we’d brought her home, I kept wanting to call her Lydia! It wasn’t a name we’d ever considered, and we don’t know any Lydia’s! We just went with it.
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Rebecca
We wanted a biblical name as we already had 2 boys with biblical names. We also wanted something a little bit different. Lydia is in the new testament as a lady who showed support and hospitality to Paul and is thought to be one of his first converts. I’ve loved the name Lydia actually since hearing it on the movie Mrs Doubtfire as a kid – one of the children’s names 🙂
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Ashley
We chose Lydia because it’s a name that we haven’t heard much in the past recent years. I’ve also never actually known anyone in person names Lydia. I love the name! I don’t think there’s anything that I don’t like about it honestly. I think her name is perfect!
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Hannah
Lydia was a wealthy businesswoman from Asia who had an influential part in establishing the Philippian church in Acts 16. She heard and believed the apostle Paul’s teaching and invited him and his companions to stay in her home. After that, the believers in that area would gather in her home for worship and teaching. She’s not mentioned many times but the impact she had was influential in the spread of the gospel! I’ve always thought that would be a great name to use for a daughter ever since I heard more about Lydia in the teaching at our church one Sunday. There’s definitely more info about her out there, but I’d have to look back at it – suffice to say she was a very generous, hospitable, faith-filled, and courageous person, and I pray that my own daughter would embody those traits as well.
I found out that Lydia apparently also means “beautiful dark-haired maiden” so I mean that’s not a bad namesake either…Reply
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Ashley
We named our daughter Lydia after Lydia in the bible. The name is well known enough that people know how to say and spell it but we have rarely run into another Lydia! Her nickname is Lydi.
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Lydia
As much as I love my name, it’s meaning, it’s spelling, I personally don’t like it on me. I guess since my personal association is rather negative, it seems to make my name also a reminder of something bad in my life.
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Amanda
I wanted a classic name that wasn’t too trendy but not a weird made up name.
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