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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 |
Galician, Catalan, Spanish, Portuguese, and Jewish (Sephardic): habitational name from any of the numerous places named Torres, all named with the plural of torre ‘tower’ (see Torre).
| 59th in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Lydie, Lydi, Lydiah, Lydio, Lydiya, Lydiaa, Lydiea, Lyda, Lysa, Lydiay
Torrez, Torrence, Torrey, Torre, Torrance, Torrens, Torrisi, Torralba, Torrico, Torry
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