Lidiia
The Ukrainian spelling of Lidia, from the Greek for a woman from the region of Lydia. Around 7,000 women in Poland carry it, all of them women, and it's given only rarely now.
Lidiia Pronunciation
Lidiia is pronounced LEEDY-yah (/ˈlidjja/).
What Lidiia means
Where Lidiia comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
The name Lidiia begins with a place. Lydia was a region on the western coast of Asia Minor, and Greek speakers built a name from it: a woman from Lydia, one who belonged to that land. In Poland the same name settles into the shorter Lidia. The spelling Lidiia, with its doubled i, is the standard romanization of Ukrainian Лідія, which is how the name arrives from the east.
That eastern route matters. Ukrainian families carried Лідія across borders, and on official forms the transliteration keeps both letters intact. A clerk copies it sign by sign. So the same root can appear as Lidia on one document and Lidiia on another, depending on which alphabet came first.
At an imieniny in early August, a Lidia in Poland hears her name called across a room. The Greek sense stays underneath all of it: a woman from the land of Lydia.
How many people are named Lidiia
1 in 3215 women in Poland is named Lidiia. 7,013 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #429 among female names.
Lidiia's popularity over time
Fewer than 2 girls were given the name in 2025. It has been climbing since 2025.
Lidiia as a middle name
Lidiia is a first name for 7,013 women in Poland and a middle name for another 3, a 100/0 split. In the women's middle-name ranking it sits 4976th, between Licia (3) and Liel (3).
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