Lidiya
Lidiya is a feminine given name.
Meaning & Origin of Lidiya
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Lidiya is a feminine given name.
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The Story of Lidiya
Lidiya first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1997, with 5 babies given the name that year. Its peak popularity came in 2007, when 12 Lidiyas were born — ranking #9,538 that year. As of 2026, Lidiya ranks #15,178 for baby girls with 5 births, with steady use. In total, more than 134 Lidiyas have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1990s through the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
Notable people named Lidiya
A small selection from Wikipedia. Tap "Read more" below to see the full list on Wikipedia.
- Lidiya Alekseyeva (1924-2014) Russian basketball player
- Lidiya Alfeyeva (born 1946), a Soviet long jumper
- Lidiya Belozyorova (1945–2022), Ukrainian actresses
- Lidiya Ginzburg (1902 – 1990), a major Soviet literary critic and a survivor of the siege of Leningrad
- Lidiya Grigoryeva (born 1974), a Russian long-distance runner from the Chuvashia region
- Lidiya Krylova (born 1951), a Russian rower who competed for the Soviet Union in the 1976 Summer Olympics
- Lidiya Masterkova (1927 – 2008), a Russian-born French painter, non-conformist artist in USSR
- Lidiya Osiyuk (1920–1984), Belarusian milkmaid
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Names that sound like Lidiya
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About the name Lidiya
Lidiya is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1997 and has accumulated 134 births in the dataset. Lidiya's peak popularity came in 2007 when it ranked #9,538. Use the chart and map above to compare Lidiya'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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