lydia

name

1. (historical)A historical region and ancient kingdom in western Asia Minor, in modern-day Turkey.
2. A woman converted by St. Paul; presumably named for ancestry or residence in Lydia.

   “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.”

3. A female given name from Ancient Greek.

   “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.”

   “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.”

noun

1. (form-of, plural)plural of lydion