The Name Lidiya
Lidiya is a female name of Greek origin meaning “woman from Lydia”. Below are the forms of the name, name days in the Orthodox calendar, character by tradition, numerology, the first letter, talismans and compatibility with other names.
Origin and meaning
Lidiya is a female name of Greek origin. Meaning: “woman from Lydia”. From the Greek Λυδία, “woman of Lydia”, a region in Asia Minor.
Forms of the name
| Full form | Lidiya |
| Short forms | Lida, Lidusya |
| Affectionate forms | Lidochka, Lidusha |
Name days (angel’s day)
| April 5 | Martyr Lydia of Illyria |
A name day is the feast of the saint after whom a person was baptised. If several saints share the name, custom is to celebrate the first feast after the birthday. Shown here are the main feasts in the calendar of the Russian Orthodox Church, with civil (Gregorian) dates.
Character by tradition
In name descriptions, Lidiya is a sociable, proud and independent nature. She loves attention and knows how to win people over. She can be touchy. Her strength is charm and energy.
Name numerology
Letters of the name Lidiya («Лидия») in the Russian 1–9 table: Л 4 + И 1 + Д 5 + И 1 + Я 6 = 17 → 8. The sum is reduced to one digit; the master numbers 11, 22 and 33 are kept.
Name number 8 — power and achievement. Eight is the number of business and money: organising talent, ambition, skill with resources. The weak spot is a domineering streak and measuring life by results.
Vowels give the soul number 8 (power and achievement), consonants the personality number 9 (service and breadth). Inner motive: power and achievement; outer manner: service and breadth. Such a gap is not bad in itself: others see one side, close people know the other.
In Slavic Cyrillic numerals (using the modern spelling of the name): Л=30 + И=8 + Д=4 + И=8 = 50, reduced to 5. Letters that had no numeric value are skipped. This is an additional digit, not a second name number: meanings for the Cyrillic numerals were added in the 20th century, modeled on Western numerology.
More: name number with surname, Slavic Cyrillic numerals, number meanings.
First letter and letters of the name
In letter reading — a popular tradition of interpreting letters — the first letter of the name matters most: it sets the main tone of character. The other letters add shades.
Л (L) — sense of beauty. Artistry, refined taste, a wish to share knowledge and impressions.
Other letters: И — refinement and kindness; Д — prudence and family; Я — sense of dignity.
Talismans of the name
Name books usually derive talismans from the name number and its planet; lists differ between authors. Here we follow Cheiro (“Book of Numbers”): number 8 is linked with the planet Saturn.
| Planet | Saturn |
| Stones | black pearl, dark sapphire, amethyst |
| Colours | dark grey, dark blue, black |
| Favourable days | Saturday |
Compatibility with other names
In numerology, compatibility of names is judged by their numbers. Number 8 goes most easily with 2, 4 and 6, and has more friction with 1 and 8.
Goes well with: Anatoliy, Andrey, Gordey, Elisey, Igor, Kirill, Lev, Nikolay, Rostislav, Yaroslav.
More friction with: Afanasiy, Grigoriy, Platon, Roman, Filipp, Yuriy.
Check a couple precisely: compatibility by name.
Outcome
The name Lidiya carries the meaning “woman from Lydia”. Name number 8 — power and achievement; first letter L — sense of beauty. Inner wishes (power and achievement) and outer manner (service and breadth) differ: a person with this name needs close people to see more than what is shown. Name days: April 5.