Lida
Lida is a city in Grodno Region, western Belarus, located 168 kilometres (104 mi) west of Minsk. It serves as the administrative center of Lida District. As of 2025, it has a population of 103,262.
- Czech
Meaning & Origin of Lida
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Lida is a city in Grodno Region, western Belarus, located 168 kilometres (104 mi) west of Minsk. It serves as the administrative center of Lida District. As of 2025, it has a population of 103,262.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Czech
Etymology
Origin & history
The Story of Lida
The earliest SSA record of Lida as a baby girl name dates back to 1880, when 49 babies received it. 1918 was its biggest year on record, with 125 newborns named Lida — #632 in the national rankings. In the latest 2026 data it stands at #8,819 among baby girl names with 10 births, gradually rising (+6%). In total, more than 6K Lidas have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1880s through the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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Notable people named Lida
A small selection from Wikipedia. Tap "Read more" below to see the full list on Wikipedia.
- David ben Aryeh Leib of Lida (ca. 1650–1696), Ashkenazi rabbi
- David Blaustein (1866–1912), American educator, rabbi, and social worker
- Yitzchak Yaacov Reines rabbi of Lida and founder of Mizrakhi Jewish religious Zionist movement
- B. Gorin (1868–1925), American Yiddish playwright, translator, and journalist
- Konstanty Gorski (1859–1924), Polish composer and violinist
- Andrzej Januszajtis (born 1928), Polish physicist and Professor
- Stefan E. Warschawski (1904–1989), mathematician
- Pola Raksa (born 1941), Polish movie star
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Names that sound like Lida
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About the name Lida
Lida is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1880 and has accumulated 6K births in the dataset. Lida's peak popularity came in 1918 when it ranked #190. Use the chart and map above to compare Lida's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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