Lydia

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Lydia

Gender: Feminine
Language: English
Etymology:
Lydia comes from a Greek name meaning “From the Country of Lydia.”

History:
Lydia is the name of a minor Biblical character that first appeared in England with 17th century Puritans.

Pronunciation: lih-dee-ah

Alternates:
Czech: Lida, Lyda.
French: Lydie.
Hawaiian: Lukia.
Polish: Lidia.

Famous Bearers:
Artists and Authors:
L(ydia) H. Sigourney (1791-1865)
American writer.
Lydia Maria Child (1802-1880)
American author.
Lydia Cabrera (1900-1991)
Cuban writer.

Miscellaneous:
Lydia Barrington Darragh (1729-1789)
American Revolutionary heroine.
Lydia Moss Bradley (1816-1908)
American philanthropist.
Lydia E. Pinkham (1819-1883)
American patent medicine huckster.

Scientists:
Lydia Folger Fowler (1822-1879)
American physician.
Lydia Maria Adams DeWitt (1859-1928)
American pathologist.

Popularity:
Percentage from the 1990 U.S. Census:
0.086 % named Lydia
0.014 % named Lidia
0.004 % named Lida
0.003 % named Lyda

Popularity of Lydia:
Popularity (for newborns):
In the United States...
1800: 22nd most popular.
1850: 56th most popular.
1875: 95th most popular.
1900-1910: 111th most popular.
1910-1920: 167th most popular.
1920-1930: 188th most popular.
1930-1940: 167th most popular.
1940-1950: 162nd most popular.
1950-1960: 174th most popular.
1960-1970: 235th most popular.
1970-1980: 285th most popular.
1980-1990: 232nd most popular.
1990: 210th most popular.
1991: 218th most popular.
1992: 207th most popular.
1993: 208th most popular.
1994: 188th most popular.
1995: 173rd most popular.
1996: 175th most popular.
1997: 162nd most popular.
1998: 152nd most popular.
1999: 151st most popular.
2000: 150th most popular.
2001: 144th most popular.
2002: 139th most popular.
2003: 129th most popular.

In France...
1900-1920: N/A
1926: 187th most popular.
1930: 194th most popular.
1940: 163rd most popular.
1950: 150th most popular.
1960: 110th most popular.
1970: 69th most popular.
1980: 144th most popular.
1986: 179th most popular.
1990-2000: N/A

Popularity of Lidia:
Popularity (for newborns):
In the United States...
1900-1920: N/A
1920-1930: 798th most popular.
1930-1940: 587th most popular.
1940-1950: 705th most popular.
1950-1990: N/A
1990: 946th most popular.
1991: 878th most popular.
1992: 968th most popular.
1993: 962nd most popular.
1994: N/A

Popularity of Lida:
Popularity (for newborns):
In the United States...
1900-1910: 493rd most popular.
1910-1920: 632nd most popular.
1920-1930: 894th most popular.
1930-2000: N/A

Popularity of Lyda:
Popularity (for newborns):
In the United States...
1900-1910: 469th most popular.
1910-1920: 604th most popular.
1920-1930: 868th most popular.
1930-2000: N/A

Popularity of Lydie:
Popularity (for newborns):
In France...
1900: 142nd most popular.
1910: 146th most popular.
1920: 125th most popular.
1930: 114th most popular.
1940: 116th most popular.
1950: 107th most popular.
1960: 74th most popular.
1970: 56th most popular.
1980: 84th most popular.
1990: 141st most popular.
1993: 189th most popular.
2000: N/A