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Meaning & Origins
Of Greek origin, meaning ‘woman from Lydia’, an area of Asia Minor. The name is borne in the Bible by a woman of Thyatira who was converted by St Paul and who entertained him in her house (Acts 16:14–15, 40). It has enjoyed steady popularity in the English-speaking world since the 17th century.
| 484th in the U.S. for 2011 |
Spanish (Hernández) and Jewish (Sephardic): patronymic from the personal name Hernando (see Fernando). This surname also became established in southern Italy, mainly in Naples and Palermo, since the period of Spanish dominance there, and as a result of the expulsion of the Jews from Spain and Portugal at the end of the 15th century, many of whom moved to Italy.
| 21st in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Lydie, Lydi, Lydiah, Lydio, Lydiya, Lydiaa, Lydiea, Lyda, Lysa, Lydiay
Herndon, Hernadez, Horning, Hern, Hermanson, Hornung, Hernandes, Hernan, Hermansen, Hernando
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