Lida
Barely 195 women in Poland carry it, so most people here have never met a Lida. It grew as a Slavic short form of Lidia, keeping the same sense: woman from Lydia, an old land in Asia Minor.
Lida Pronunciation
Lida is pronounced LEE-dah (/ˈlida/).
What Lida means
Where Lida comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Lida grows from Slavic soil, a short form that developed beside Lidia. That longer name means woman from Lydia, a region of the ancient world in Asia Minor, and Lida keeps the meaning in fewer letters. Polish speakers also reach for the diminutive Lidka.
There is a real town called Lida, in western Belarus, with a stone castle begun in the fourteenth century. The word points to a place. For plenty of Poles it names that place first and a girl second.
Picture an imieniny in early August, when the calendar marks Lidia's name day, and a card lands for someone her friends call Lidka. On an official form at the urząd the full Lidia comes back. The sense underneath does not move: woman from Lydia.
How many people are named Lida
1 in 115609 women in Poland is named Lida. 195 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #2265 among female names.
Lida as a middle name
Lida is a first name for 195 women in Poland and a middle name for another 34, an 85/15 split. In the women's middle-name ranking it sits 1195th, between Ignacja (34) and Luana (34).
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#1193 Hang34
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#1194 Ignacja34
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#1195 Lida34
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#1196 Luana34
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#1197 Lyn34