Lydia is a girl's name of Greek origin meaning “beautiful one, noble one.” In 2024 it was given to 2,663 girls in the United States.
Lydia belongs to the Greek and English & American tradition. Its meaning — “beautiful one, noble one” — is the sense carried by its Greek roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, Lydia first appears in Social Security records in 1880. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #75 in 1883, and in 2024 2,663 babies received the name — 184,295 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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Lydia means “beautiful one, noble one” in its Greek roots. We check every meaning against published sources before it appears here.
Lydia is a girl name. In 2024, 2,663 babies received the name in the US.
Lydia comes from the Greek and English & American tradition.
Lydia first appears in US records in 1880. Its best-ever ranking was #75 in 1883, and 2,663 babies were given the name in 2024.
Lydia is pronounced /ˈlɪ.di.ə/ (IPA).
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. If you spot an error, write to [email protected] — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.
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