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Lidia

Gender
Girl
Say it
LID-ee-a
Origin
Greek
UK rank, 2025
#1,570 for girls
US rank, 2025
#1,587 for girls

Lidia is a girls' name of Greek origin, meaning “woman from Lydia”. In 2025 it ranked 1,570th for girls in the UK (20 babies) and 1,587th for girls in the US (132 babies).

What does Lidia mean?

Greek: Italian, Spanish and Polish form of Lydia

“woman from Lydia”

A European form of Lydia; in the Bible Lydia, a seller of purple cloth, was Paul's first convert in Europe.

More on Wiktionary.

Is Lidia a girl's or a boy's name?

Lidia is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 20 girls in the UK and 132 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.

How popular is Lidia in the UK?

Rank in 2025
#1,570among girls
Babies in 2025
20about 1 in 14,000 girls
Five-year trend
Fallingdown 38% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 20 girls in the UK were named Lidia, making it the 1,570th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,312th. Its busiest year was 2019, with 40 girls.

Half of all the girls named Lidia in the UK since 1996 were born between 2007 and 2019. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.

In 2025, 372 girls in the UK were given Lidia or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #172, up from #1,570 for this spelling alone.

Among girls in 2025, it was 1,719th in England and Wales and 780th in Scotland.

1996Busiest: 40 in 20192025
Lidia in the UK, year by year
YearGirlsRank
202520#1,570
202419#1,662
202322#1,497
202227#1,283
202124#1,393
202026#1,312
201940#960
201832#1,148
201732#1,150
201632#1,162
201532#1,160
201421#1,544
201329#1,261
201230#1,205
201126#1,303
201038#968
200923#1,360
200816#1,745
200729#1,082
200618#1,481
200516#1,521
200412#1,812
200316#1,420
200218#1,225
200110#1,832
200011#1,689
199915#1,347
199815#1,350
199710#1,780
199610#1,741

How popular is Lidia in the US?

Rank in 2025
#1,587among girls
Babies in 2025
132about 1 in 12,000 girls
Five-year trend
Steadyup 4% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 132 girls in the US were named Lidia, making it the 1,587th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,642nd. Its busiest year was 2008, with 243 girls. It first appears in the records in 1888.

Half of all the girls named Lidia in the US since 1880 were born between 1965 and 2007, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 2,830 girls in the US were given Lidia or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #118, up from #1,587 for this spelling alone.

1888Busiest: 243 in 20082025
Lidia in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
2025132#1,587
2024147#1,484
2023118#1,736
2022130#1,621
2021124#1,676
2020126#1,642
2019129#1,642
2018125#1,672
2017142#1,545
2016151#1,505
2015154#1,488
2014158#1,436
2013155#1,446
2012165#1,396
2011182#1,292
2010200#1,206
2009204#1,218
2008243#1,076
2007210#1,199
2006215#1,140
2005193#1,189
2004199#1,143
2003165#1,266
2002185#1,125
2001188#1,121
2000175#1,152
1999157#1,210
1998175#1,098
1997153#1,185
1996176#1,047
1995178#1,020
1994186#993
1993168#1,079
1992170#1,066
1991181#1,013
1990146#1,171
1989141#1,161
1988105#1,353
1987113#1,249
1986111#1,233
1985122#1,163
198493#1,315
1983108#1,194
1982100#1,277
1981100#1,277
1980104#1,250
197995#1,314
197897#1,265
197780#1,404
1976102#1,145
197599#1,162
197492#1,204
1973101#1,109
1972104#1,090
197193#1,211
1970106#1,108
196990#1,176
196881#1,210
196789#1,103
196684#1,161
1965105#1,019
196474#1,293
196380#1,226
196269#1,332
196172#1,304
196086#1,173
195980#1,191
195881#1,179
195773#1,227
195670#1,240
195554#1,360
195478#1,117
195379#1,081
195262#1,209
195154#1,265
195077#1,040
194974#1,037
194853#1,249
194757#1,192
194655#1,147
194554#1,060
194453#1,071
194352#1,112
194260#1,006
194155#986
194050#1,010
193946#1,053
193859#923
193775#788
193656#909
193561#884
193434#1,221
193346#1,024
193252#979
193141#1,104
193048#1,059
192957#951
192863#936
192761#976
192648#1,079
192555#1,008
192433#1,440
192326#1,637
192236#1,309
192127#1,625
192023#1,751
191925#1,604
191831#1,380
191727#1,431
191618#1,867
191510#2,687
191414#1,818
19138#2,330
191212#1,620
19110–
19100–
19090–
19080–
19075#2,060
19060–
19050–
19047#1,485
19030–
19025#1,792
19015#1,678
19006#1,722
18995#1,595
18980–
18970–
18965#1,582
18957#1,299
18940–
18935#1,437
18920–
18910–
18900–
18896#1,146
18886#1,136

Names like Lidia

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Sophia Athena Lara Lucia Elena Maria Olivia Fatima Mia Lilia Aurora Thea

Other spellings of Lidia

Lydia Lydiah

Names related to Lidia

Lidya Lida Loida Lidiya Leidi Leida

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Sources

Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.

To cite this page: Nameling, “Lidia: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/lidia, updated 20 October 2026.