Polish (Lyda): descriptive nickname from an augmentative
form of Polish lydka ‘calf’, ‘lower leg’, presumably applied
to someone with long or otherwise noticeable calves.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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