Lidiya
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- lee-DEE-yuh
- Origin
- Greek
Lidiya is a girls' name of Greek origin, meaning “woman from Lydia”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Lidiya mean?
Greek: Russian and Bulgarian form of Lydia
“woman from Lydia”
Russian and Bulgarian form of Lydia, the name of a seller of purple cloth in the Acts of the Apostles.
Is Lidiya a girl's or a boy's name?
Lidiya is a girls' name.
How popular is Lidiya in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2007, with 12 girls. It first appears in the records in 1997.
Half of all the girls named Lidiya in the US since 1880 were born between 2005 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
Lidiya in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 5 | #15,188 |
| 2022 | 8 | #11,225 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 7 | #12,137 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 10 | #9,801 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 11 | #9,408 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 8 | #11,925 |
| 2013 | 5 | #16,542 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 6 | #14,816 |
| 2010 | 6 | #14,953 |
| 2009 | 8 | #12,423 |
| 2008 | 7 | #13,827 |
| 2007 | 12 | #9,535 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 8 | #11,828 |
| 2004 | 5 | #16,092 |
| 2003 | 7 | #12,401 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 8 | #11,013 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 8 | #10,116 |
| 1997 | 5 | #13,719 |
Names like Lidiya
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Aaliyah Safiya Zaniyah Aliya Safa Kaliyah Zahara Zaniya Hadassah Zamira Jaliyah Naziyah
Names related to Lidiya
More Greek names
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Sources
Figures from 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, “Lidiya: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/lidiya, updated 20 October 2026.