Forename Ligia

Around the globe, Ligia (Ligia , Lígia , Лигия ) is a common girly given name. The given name Ligia is habitual in Latin America and the Caribbean, particularly Nicaragua, where it is quite a common girly name, Costa Rica, and Brazil (explore the name in all countries). In absolute terms, this name is the most popular in Latin America and the Caribbean, particularly Brazil, Mexico, and Colombia. Very seldom, Ligia is the last name as well as the forename.

Translations, transliterations and names similar to the name Ligia

name Lígia, name Lìgia, name Лигиа, name Лигия, name Ligea, name Ligía, name Ligìá, name 莉嘉, name Ligia

VARIANT	COUNTRY
Ligia	Colombia, Venezuela, Brazil, Mexico, Guatemala
Lígia	Mozambique, Portugal, Brazil, United States, Angola
Лигия	Kazakhstan, Russia, Belarus

First names said to be same

Ligea, Ligìá, Ligía, Lìgia, Лигиа, and 莉嘉

First name Ligia in the context

Ligia is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Ligia , character in Quo Vadis.

Notable namesakes

	ligia urniaż-grabowska PL (b. 1937)
	ligia krajewska Polish politician and deputy, PL (b. 1949)
	ligia canto lugo Mexican human rights activist, MX (b. 1901)
	ligia bolívar Venezuelan activist, VE (b. 1957)
	ligia fallas rodríguez Costa Rican politician, CR (b. 1959)
	ligia stroessner First Lady of Paraguay, PY (b. 1910)
	ligia escalante MX (b. 1901)
	ligia amadio Brazilian conductor, BR (b. 1964)
	ligia macovei a Romanian artist and art collector was also active in politics, wife of the archtect, high-ranking politician and art collector Pompiliu Macovei, RO (b. 1916)
	ligia montoya Origami artist, AR (b. 1920)
	ligia kurasiewicz Polish teacher, PL (b. 1929)
	ligia bârzu Romanian archaeologist (1930-2003), RO (b. 1930)
	ligia petit Venezuelan model and actress, VE (b. 1981)
	ligia branice Polish actress, PL (b. 1932)
	ligia mayo Colombian singer (1932-2012), CO (b. 1932)

Characteristic surnames

Melo, Vieira, Martins, Machado, Santana, Sanchez, Almeida, Andrade, Barbosa, Pereira, Ramirez, Ribeiro, Freitas, Martinez, Carvalho, Gonzalez, Ferreira, Oliveira, Rodriguez, Rodrigues, Goncalves, Hernandez, Torres, Garcia, Campos, Castro, Cruz, Reis, Diaz, Dias, Lima, Silva, Sousa, Souza, Alves, Costa, Fernandes, Perez, Ramos, Rocha, Gomez, Gomes, Lopez, Lopes, Moraes, Santos, Soares, Araujo, Pinto, and Nascimento