Lydia
Classic female name
Lydia is a feminine given name of Greek origin, from the ancient kingdom in Asia Minor.
It appears in the New Testament as a merchant who became an early Christian convert.
The name enjoyed revival in the 18th and 19th centuries and remains in steady use: Lydia was the first in her family to attend college.
Western Asian peninsula
- CroesusByword for extreme wealth
- goldElement seventy-nine
- coinageInvented term or currency
- PersianOf or from Iran
empire · kingdom · wealth · Asia Minor · Herodotus · conquest · Cyrus · tributary
Hue between crimson and azure
- ActsOfficial laws or scriptures
- PaulBiblical letter-writer
- sellerOne who trades goods
- merchantOne who sells wares
dye · cloth · convert · hospitality · household · baptism · proselyte · worshipper
Anatolia
Western Asian peninsula
Persian · empire · kingdom · wealth · Asia Minor · Herodotus · conquest · Cyrus · tributary · electrum
purple
Hue between crimson and azure
merchant · dye · cloth · convert · hospitality · household · baptism · proselyte · worshipper · congregation
Wickham
- AustenLiterary family name
- Pride and PrejudiceRegency courtship novel
- characterNature, symbol, or role
elopement · flirtation · sister · scandal · Brighton · regiment · foolish · youngest · novel · heroine
Amelia
Feminine name meaning industrious
- CharlotteFeminine name, Carolina city
- EleanorFeminine name meaning bright
- SophiaGreek-derived feminine name
Olivia · Isabella · Penelope · Madeline · Josephine · Katherine · Lillian · Natalie · Victoria · Genevieve
- ancient civilizationsAncient Egypt, Sumer, Ancient Greece, Aztecs, Egypt
- Biblical FiguresJesus, Adam, Eve, Moses, Noah
- PeanutsCharlie Brown, Snoopy, Woodstock, Lucy, Linus
- Ancient AnatoliaCappadocia, Pontus, Galatia, Ionia, Doris
- Ancient KingdomsPersia, Babylon, Assyria, Sumer, Kush
- Ancient Near EastMesopotamia, Sumer, Babylon, Assyria, Assyrian Empire