Lidia (given name)

Lidia is a feminine given name. It is the Greek, Italian, Polish, Romanian, and Spanish transcription of the name Lydia.

People

Notable people with the name include:

• Lidia Argondizzo (born 1960), Australian politician
• Lidia Bastianich (born 1947), American chef, author, television presenter and restaurateur
• Lidia Bobrova (born 1952), Russian film director
• Lidia Borda (born 1966), Argentinian tango singer
• Lidia Chmielnicka-Żmuda (1939–2002), Polish volleyball player
• Lidia Chojecka (born 1977), Polish middle distance runner
• Lidia Elsa Satragno (1935–2022), Argentine entertainer and politician
• Lidia Falcón (born 1935), Spanish politician and writer
• Lidia Geringer de Oedenberg (born 1957), Polish politician and Member of the European Parlement
• Lidia Gueiler (1921–2011), the first female President of Bolivia
• Lidia Grychtołówna (born 1928), Polish pianist
• Lidia Ivanova (1936–2007), Russian print and television journalist, television announcer and writer
• Lídia Jorge (born 1946), prominent Portuguese writer
• Lidia Klement (1937–1964), Soviet singer
• Lidia Kopania (born 1978), Polish singer (Kind of Blue)
• Lidia Menapace (1924–2020), Italian resistance fighter and politician
• Lidia Poët (1855–1949), the first modern female Italian advocate
• Lidia Quaranta (1891-1928), Italian actress
• Lidia Ravera, Italian writer, journalist, essayist and screenwriter
• Lidia Rudnicka (born 1960); Polish-American researcher and dermatologist
• Lidia Ruslanova (1900–1973), Russian folk singer
• Lidia Semenova (born 1951), Ukrainian chess Woman Grandmaster
• Lidia Șimon (born 1973), Romanian long-distance runner
• Lidia Staroń (born 1960), Polish politician
• Lidia Talpă (born 1982), Romanian sprint canoeist
• Lidia Trettel (born 1973), Italian snowboarder and Olympic medalist
• Lidia Thorpe, Australian politician and activist
• Lidia Wysocka (1916–2006), Polish actress
• Lidia Yusupova (born 1961), the Coordinator of the law office of the Moscow-based human rights organization Memorial
• Lidia Zamenhof (1904–42), Polish writer, publicist, translator and the youngest daughter of Ludwik Zamenhof, the creator of the international language Esperanto
• Lidia Zamkow (1918–1982), Polish theatre actress and director

Other

• Tropical Storm Lidia caused widespread damage in Mexico in 1981
• Hurricane Lidia in 1987, which weakened over water and caused only rainfall in California
• Hurricane Lidia in 1993, with landfall in Mexico
• Tropical Storm Lidia in 2005 (no landfall)
• Tropical Storm Lidia (2017), which damaged Mexico's Baja California Sur in 2017
• Lidia Sobieska, the fictional prime minister of Poland in Tekken 7, a fighting game in Bandai Namco's Tekken franchise.

See also

• Lidiya
• Lydia