Name: Lydia
Gender: Female
Usage: Lydia is a very popular first name. It is more often used as a girl (female) name.
People having the name Lydia are in general originating from Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Greece, Kenya, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Spain, United Kingdom, United States of America.
Meaning: The meaning of the name Lydia is: Noble kind, A maiden.
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Numerology of the first name Lydia: calculate the core numbers of your numerology chart to discover your numerological profile and your personality traits.
The Growth number corresponding to this first name is 6. It denotes a pattern that assists you in growth and development: responsible, protective, stable, balanced, loving, compassionate.
Interpretation:
Qualities: Romantic, Nurturing
Ruling planet: Venus
Colors: Blue
Gemstones: Emerald
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The name Lydia is ranked on the 638th position of the most used names. It means that this name is very frequently used.
We estimate that there are at least 895200 persons in the world having this name which is around 0.013% of the population. The name Lydia has five characters. It means that it is relatively medium-length, compared to the other names in our database.
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History and Origin
Lydia is a feminine first name of Greek origin Λυδια. The name means "woman from Lydia." Lydia is a name in the Bible. Lydia was a woman of God; she loved to hear God's word and put it into action. She also sold purple clothing. In those days, purple was seen as rich and royal. Lydia of Thyatira, woman and deaconess in the New Testament's Acts of the Apostles was a purple cloth dealer. She was the apostle Paul's first convert in Philippi and thus the first convert to Christianity in Europe.
English: of Greek origin, meaning ‘woman from Lydia’, an area of Asia Minor. It is borne in the Bible by a woman of Thyatira who was converted by St Paul and who entertained him in her house (Acts 16: 14–15, 40). It has enjoyed steady popularity in the English-speaking world since the 17th century.
Cognates: French: Lydie. Polish: Lidia. Czech: Lida.
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