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Meaning of the nameLydia

Lydia is a spelling of the name Lídia, which means “'from Lydia', a region of Asia Minor”.

Meaning

“'from Lydia', a region of Asia Minor”

Meaning of the name Lídia, of which Lydia is a spelling.

Source: Wiktionary: Lydia · Behind the Name: Lydia · Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Lídia

People (2022)
2,232
Rank in Brazil
#4,748
Median age
65 years
2010 Census
2,177
people

Lydia in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Lydia, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born before 1940 (634 people).

2,222 women 0 men

Source: IBGE, 2022 Demographic Census, Nomes no Brasil. The census counts the first name of people alive in 2022; small counts are not published, and the first group covers everyone born before 1940. How to read these data.

Where the name Lydia is most common

States with the highest share of people named Lydia in the population, in the 2022 Census.

  1. Rio de Janeiro 0.003%
  2. São Paulo 0.002%
  3. Rio Grande do Sul 0.002%
  4. Santa Catarina 0.001%
  5. Paraná 0.001%
All states
StatePeople% of population
São Paulo7400.002%
Rio de Janeiro4120.003%
Minas Gerais1800.001%
Rio Grande do Sul1630.002%
Paraná1300.001%
Santa Catarina1010.001%
Bahia570.000%
Espírito Santo540.001%
Goiás500.001%
Pernambuco470.001%
Ceará330.000%
Distrito Federal320.001%
Mato Grosso290.001%
Paraíba280.001%
Maranhão270.000%
Rio Grande do Norte240.001%
Alagoas220.001%
Pará200.000%
Amazonas200.001%
Mato Grosso do Sul190.001%
Piauí150.001%

States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.

The spelling Lydia

It keeps the Y of the Latin and English spelling; the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) records it as a spelling variant of Lídia.

About the name Lídia

Lídia is a learned borrowing from Latin Lydia, which comes from Greek Λυδία (Ludía) and originally indicated someone from the region of Lydia, in Asia Minor. According to Behind the Name, the region took its name from Lydos, a legendary king. In the New Testament, Lídia is a woman converted to Christianity by the apostle Paul. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 76,317 people named Lídia, almost always women, with a median age of 49. Proportionally, it is most common in Paraná.

Other spellings of Lídia

SpellingPeople (2022)
Lídia76,317
Lydia2,232

Sources

  1. Wiktionary: Lydia · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
  2. Behind the Name: Lydia · behindthename.com · meaning
  3. Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Lídia · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · meaning
  4. Wiktionary: Lídia (Portuguese) · en.wiktionary.org · origin

Questions about the name Lydia

What does the name Lydia mean?

Lydia means “'from Lydia', a region of Asia Minor”, according to Wiktionary and Behind the Name. This is the meaning of the name Lídia, of which Lydia is a spelling.

How many people are named Lydia in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 2,232 people with the first name Lydia, which ranks it number 4,748 among the country's names. The largest group was born before 1940.

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

Lydia is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 2,222 women and 0 men had this name (IBGE does not publish very small counts).

What is the origin of the name Lydia?

Lydia is a name of Greek origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Lydia most common?

Proportionally, in Rio de Janeiro: 0.003% of the state's population is named Lydia (412 people), according to the 2022 Census.

What are the other spellings of Lydia?

Lídia. IBGE counts each spelling separately.

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