Lydia (first name)

Lydia is a Greek female given name that is also common in other Christian countries. It means "woman from Lydia ".

name day

The Catholic name day of Lydia is August 3rd, going back to the purple dealer Lydia of Philippi mentioned in the Acts of the Apostles of Luke .

Well-known namesake

• Lydia Aadre (1904–1957), Estonian singer with a soprano voice
• Lydia Becker (1827–1890), British suffragette and botanist
• Lydia Benecke (* 1982), German criminal psychologist and writer
• Lydia Burns (1827–1878), Irish cotton spinner, second wife of Friedrich Engels
• Lydia Cacho (* 1963), Mexican journalist, feminist and human rights activist
• Lydia Hence (* 1980), German poet and singer
• Lydia Eberhardt (1913–1997), German javelin thrower and pentathlete
• Lydia Galochkina (* 1956), Soviet-German artist, author and teacher
• Lydia Hartl (* 1955), German psychologist, media scientist and cultural manager
• Lydia Hastings (* 1990), American soccer player
• Lydia Hearst (* 1984), American model, actress, fashion designer and blogger
• Lydia Kath (* 1906–1978), German writer
• Lydia Koidula (1843–1886), Estonian poet and playwright
• Lydia Lassila (* 1982), Australian freestyle skier
• Lydia Lopokova (1892–1981), Russian ballet dancer
• Lydia Lunch (* 1959), American singer, poet and actress
• Lydia Möcklinghoff (* 1981), German zoologist, tropical ecologist, author and anteater researcher
• Lydia Morgenstern (* 1989), German voice actress
• Lydia Neunhäuserer (* 1973), Austrian poet and writer
• Lydia Pockaj (* 1980), German singer of Polish descent
• Lydia Prenner-Kasper (* 1982), Austrian cabaret artist, actress and singer
• Lydia Rabinowitsch-Kempner (1871–1935), microbiologist, first female professor in Berlin
• Lydia Safe (1890–1962), Austrian-American psychiatrist
• Lydia Teuscher (* 1975), German opera, concert and lied singer (soprano)
• Lydia Vandenbergh (* 1984), American soccer player
• Lydia Waldmüller (* 1986), Austrian triathlete and duathlete
• Lydia Welti-Escher (1858–1891), Swiss patroness and founder of an art foundation
• Lydia Wilson (born 1984), British actress
• Lydia Zborschil (* 1967), German soprano, singing teacher and composer

Variant of Lidia

• Lidia Amejko (* 1955), Polish playwright and novelist
• Lidia Baich (* 1981), Austrian violinist
• Lidia Chojecka (* 1977), Polish middle and long distance runner
• Lidia Fidura (* 1990), Polish boxer
• Lidia Grychtołówna (* 1928), Polish pianist
• Lídia Jorge (* 1946), Portuguese writer
• Lidia Kalendareva (* 1982), film and ballet composer and concert pianist
• Lidia Korsakówna (1934–2013), Polish film, television and theater actress
• Lidia Książkiewicz (* 1977), Polish pianist, organist, harpsichordist and music teacher living in France
• Lidia Menapace (* 1924), Italian politician, publicist and feminist
• Lidia Parada (* 1993), Spanish javelin thrower
• Lidia Wysocka (1916–2006), Polish actress, singer and theater director
• Lidia Zamenhof (1904–1942 / Treblinka), youngest daughter of the Esperanto creator Ludwik Zamenhof and an Esperanto teacher

Variant of Lidija

• Lidija Nikolajewna Alfejewa (* 1946), Soviet long jumper
• Lidija Syssojewna Boldyrewa (1934–1991), Soviet-Russian national volleyball player, world champion and European champion
• Lidija Ivanovna Charlemagne (1915–1963), Russian-Soviet painter
• Lidija Evgenjewna Durkina (* 1997), Russian cross-country skier
• Lidija Dmitrijewna Gromowa-Opulskaja (1925–2003), Soviet and Russian philologist and literary scholar
• Lidija Herassymchuk (1922–1958), Ukrainian prima ballerina
• Lidija Gavrilowna Ivanova (* 1937), Soviet gymnast, two-time Olympic champion and trainer
• Lidija Muchtarowna Jussupowa (* 1961), Russian lawyer and human rights activist
• Lidija Kuliš (* 1992), Bosnian-Herzegovinian soccer player
• Lidija Wladimirowna Litwjak (1921–1943 / Stalingrad), Soviet fighter pilot in World War II
• Lidija Andrejewna Ruslanowa (1900–1973), Soviet folk singer
• Lidija Pavlovna Skoblikowa (* 1939), former Soviet speed skater
• Lidija Nikolajewna Smirnowa (1915–2007), Soviet and Russian actress
• Lydia Tschukowskaja (1907–1996), Russian writer