Lydia at a glance
- Meaning
- “woman from Lydia”
- Gender
- Girl
- Origin
- Greek
- Pronunciation
- LID-ee-uh
- Other forms
- Lidia, Lidiya, Lydie
Where the name Lydia comes from
Lydia was a region in what is now western Turkey, so the name first meant a woman from there. In the New Testament, Lydia is a seller of purple cloth who becomes one of the first Christians in Europe. In Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice, Lydia is the youngest Bennet sister.