Lidia

given name · Latin script

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

Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

/lidja/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Lidia is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Russia than in any other country, where it is the 52nd most common given name.

rarermore common
  • ARArgentina≈1 in 407(inferred from the name graph)
  • PLPoland1 in 468
  • UAUkraine≈1 in 121as Лідія

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Lidia itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Russia (inferred from the name graph)

≈430,000 named Лидия, est.

#90 (measured from records)

of 15M given names

8 (measured from records)

recorded for this name

Sources
519 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 130 (inferred from the name graph)

Moldova

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

LidiaLatin(measured from records)
ЛидияCyrillic(measured from records)
לידיהHebrew(measured from records)
ΛυδιαGreek(measured from records)
ลิเดียThai(measured from records)
ልድያEthiopic(measured from records)
ლიდიაGeorgian(measured from records)
리디아Hangul(measured from records)

4 other spellings are counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Lydia in US United States, NG Nigeria, Лидия in RU Russia, Лідія in UA Ukraine and Lidija in HR Croatia.

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

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

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

Sources 1

  • kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Attested across 13 languages in the etymology graph.

How Lidia is read(measured from records)

Lidia is one spelling over 3 language communities, and the dictionaries record it differently in 2 of them. Each row is what a source recorded for that language, beside the share of this name’s records the language holds. No single row is the name’s meaning.

  • Spanish74%

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

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

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

    as a nameDiccionario etimológico de nombres propios

  • Portuguese6.8%

    No dictionary in our sources glosses Lidia in Portuguese.

  • English6.7%

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

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

The share is ours — how much of this name’s records each language holds. The sense beside it is the source’s, quoted and credited, including where it names a gender. We do not publish a gender of our own per language: our records carry one figure for the spelling as a whole.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Lidia counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Lidia is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
RU Russia#52≈430,000 est.≈1 in 327#20Лидия188
UA Ukraine#34≈360,000 est.≈1 in 121listedЛідія54
US United States#386139,560as Lydia1 in 2.4K139KLydia519
NG Nigeria#344≈130,000 est.≈1 in 1.6K—Lydia86
AR Argentina#133≈110,000 est.≈1 in 40736Lidia102
PL Poland#13981,7231 in 46882KLidia150
MD Moldova#7325,8491 in 13026KLidia29
HR Croatia#1159,689as Lidija1 in 4369.7KLidija94

Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; RENAPER — Nombres de nacimientos (2012–present); dane.gov.pl — PESEL given names (first + second name position, 2026-01-20); dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names); e-services.md — living population register; DZS — Imena i prezimena (per-token lookup form). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

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 name7 spellings in the group

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

  • Indonesian given name4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Indonesia, Peru, United States, Spain

    Also written 'Lidia, Lídia, Lîdîā

  • Hungarian given name7 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Spain, United States, Hungary, Peru

    Languages: Hungarian, Estonian, Finnish

    Also written Lídia, LiDiä, Lîdîâ

  • Vietnamese given name3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Spain, Vietnam, Italy

    Languages: Vietnamese, Khmer

    Also written Lídia

  • Turkish given name5 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Türkiye, Russia, Spain, United States

    Languages: Turkish, Azerbaijani, Turkmen

    Also written Lídia

  • Korean given name2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Peru, Spain, Paraguay

    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(measured from records)

Lidia is also recorded in 2 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

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

    as a nameRussian Names

  • Proveniente dalla Lidia

    as a nameIl 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.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

1850190019502000Lydia Lopokova, b. 1892Lidia Ruslanova, b. 1900Lidia Zamenhof, b. 1904Lydia Chukovskaya, b. 1907Lydia Litvyak, b. 1921Lidia Gueiler Tejada, b. 1921Lydia Alfonsi, b. 1928Lidia Skoblikova, b. 1939Lidia Șimon, b. 1973Lidia Isac, b. 1993

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).

How to address them(machine-generated)

InformalHola Lidia,Hi Lidia, (English)

A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 100 sources across 56 countries.

Official registers attesting Lidia
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
PL Polanddane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names)—82K#71
PL Polanddane.gov.pl — PESEL given names (first + second name position, 2026-01-20)202682K#71
US United StatesCensus Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex202034K#1,164
MD Moldovae-services.md — living population register—26K#42
PL PolandMinistry of Digitalization — Imiona nadawane dzieciom w Polsce (2000–present)2025402—
HR CroatiaDZS — Imena i prezimena (per-token lookup form)2021294#974
HR CroatiaDZS — Učestalost osobnih imena (Popis 2021)2021249—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)2025132—
US United StatesCensus Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex202071#1,164
AR ArgentinaRENAPER — Nombres de nacimientos (2012–present)202436#1,218

Reference works 5

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Lidia mean, and where does it come from?
Lydia (a historical region and ancient kingdom in western Asia Minor, in modern-day Turkey) Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
How do you pronounce Lidia?
A machine transcription gives /lidja/ (IPA) for Spanish.
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 are other forms of the name Lidia?
In the etymology graph, Lydia, Lydie and Lidija are forms of the same name in other languages; Lidka is a recorded short or pet form.
In which country does Lidia have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 434 thousand people named Лидия in Russia, more than in any other country we hold.
Where is Lidia most common?
Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Lidia is densest in Moldova — about 1 in 130 people — even though Russia holds more of our records for it.
How common is the name Lidia?
In Poland, the national register counted 81,723 people named Lidia in 2026, about 1 in 468 residents.
How common is Lidia compared with other names?
In Russia, Lidia is the 52nd most common given name of 472,143 given names recorded there.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Lidia” — the 52nd most common given name in Russia. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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