Lidia as First Name

Lidia Zamenho            Origin/Culture/Country: Polish
Lidia Zamenho: (1904 - 1942) (sometimes Lidja in Esperanto) was the youngest daughter of Dr. Zamenhof, the creator of Esperanto. She was born on January 29, 1904 in Warsaw, then Russian Empire.

Lidia Pavlovna Skoblikova            Origin/Culture/Country: Russian
Lidia Pavlovna Skoblikova: is the most successful Olympic speed skater in terms of Olympic gold medals. Representing the USSR Olympic team during the Olympic Winter Games in 1960 and 1964, she won a total of six gold medals, still a record number for a speed skater. She also won 25

Lidia Semenova            Origin/Culture/Country: Ukrainian
Lidia Semenova: is a Ukrainian chess Woman Grandmaster. In 1981, she tied for 1st-4th in Leningrad (zonal). In 1982, she took 2nd in Bad Kissingen (interzonal; Nona Gaprindashvili won). In 1983, she beat Margareta Muresan 5,5 : 4,5 in Bad Kissingen (quarterfinal match), and beat Nana Ioseliani 5,5 : 4,5 in Sochi (semifinal match). In 1984, Semenova lost in her bid for the Women's World Championship to Irina Levitina 5 : 7 in Sochi (final match).

Lidia Muhtarovna Yusupova            Origin/Culture/Country: Chechnya
Lidia Muhtarovna Yusupova: Lidia studied Russian Literature at the Karachaevo-Cherkeski Intstitute. Later she studied law at the Chechen University in the city of Grozny, and served as a professor in that field. During the First Chechen War, she witnessed the tragedy of war, and su

Short Names versus Long Names Most of us seldom have any control over our last names. We are born with it and cannot change it unless absolutely essential. The first name, however, is an entirely different story. The sky is the limit and the choices are infinite. Your baby boy or baby girl exercises this unique ability through you. Therefore, ....More..