Lidija

See also: Līdija

Latvian

Etymology

First recorded as a given name of Latvians in 1881. From Ancient Greek Λυδία (Ludía). Cognate with English Lydia.

Proper noun

Lidija f

1. Lydia (Biblical figure)
2. a female given name from Ancient Greek

References

• Klāvs Siliņš: Latviešu personvārdu vārdnīca. Riga "Zinātne" 1990, →ISBN
• [1] Population Register of Latvia: Lidija was the only given name of 8758 persons in Latvia on May 21st 2010.

Lithuanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈlʲɪdʲɪjɛ]
• Rhymes: -ɪdʲɪjɛ
• Syllabification: Li̇̀‧di‧ja

Proper noun

Lidija f

1. a female given name

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Λῡδῐ́ᾱ (Lūdĭ́ā).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lîːdija/

Proper noun

Lȋdija f (Cyrillic spelling Ли̑дија)

1. (historical) Lydia (a historical region and ancient kingdom in western Asia Minor, in modern-day Turkey)
2. a female given name from Greek

Further reading

• “Lidija”, in Portal suvremenih hrvatskih osobnih imena [Portal of contemporary Croatian personal names] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2018–2026