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Lydia is a Biblical given name: Lydia of Thyatira, businesswoman in the city of Thyatira in the New Testament's Acts of the Apostles. She was the apostle Paul's first convert in Philippi and thus the first convert to Christianity in Europe. Lydia hosted Paul and Silas after their release from prison.
"[Lydia's] name is an ethnicon, deriving from her place of origin". [1] The first refers to her place of birth, which is a city in the ancient region of Lydia (modern-day Akhisar , Turkey). The second comes from the Latin word for purple and relates to her connection with purple dye.
There are references to a "Euodia" (again mistaking the name as a male form) in the document Apostolic Constitutions, which purports to be a set of writings of the twelve Apostles of Jesus, but is in fact a spurious source, dated to the fourth century AD, and believed to originate in Syria.
From Luna to Lucie, there are plenty of girl names that start with "L" for new parents to consider. Here are the top 100, according to the SSA: Luna. Layla. Lily. Leah. Lucy. Lillian. Leilani ...
The Bible describes a variety of widows, both poor and rich, powerful and dependent. Under Roman law in this era, when a woman's father died, she would become legally independent and would conventionally inherit an equal share of his property along with her siblings. She controlled this property herself even if married.
Lidia Semenova (born 1951), Ukrainian chess Woman Grandmaster; Lidia Șimon (born 1973), Romanian long-distance runner; Lidia Staroń (born 1960), Polish politician; Lidia Talpă (born 1982), Romanian sprint canoeist; Lidia Trettel (born 1973), Italian snowboarder and Olympic medalist; Lidia Thorpe, Australian politician and activist
According to Rajaa Moini the word 'azad' holds a unique significance in the Urdu language, which inspires reverence, pride, but in the context of women, downright hostility and revulsion.In Pakistan while an azad mulk, a free country, can be cause of celebration and revelry, where as an azad aurat, or a free woman, is faces accusations of ...
Anika is a German variant of Anna. Anna is most likely a variant of a Hebrew name Hannah, meaning "gracious" or "favoured", because in the Bible she was a sincere and merciful woman. Ultimately the name lost its initial 'h'.