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(historical) A region of southwest Asia Minor or Persia.
(biblical) A woman converted by St. Paul; presumably named for ancestry or residence in Lydia. quotations examples
And a certain woman named Lydia, a seller of purple, of the city of Thyatira, which worshipped God, heard us: whose heart the Lord opened, that she attended unto the things which were spoken of Paul.
1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], Acts 16:14
A female given name from Ancient Greek. quotations examples
Lydia was a stout, well-grown girl of fifteen, with a fine complexion and good-humoured countenance; a favourite with her mother, whose affection had brought her into public at an early age.
1813 January 27, [Jane Austen], “Chapter 9”, in Pride and Prejudice: […], volumes (please specify |volume=I to III), London: […] [George Sidney] for T[homas] Egerton, […]
The first three, Macklin, Lydia, and Randall, were the special ones. Even those names, we thought, showed greater imagination, greater involvement on our parents' part, than ours did: Nina, Mary, Sarah.
1990, Sue Miller, Family Pictures, Harper & Row, page 5