Quote Originally Posted by Sephiroth1999AD View Post
I don't think it's supposed to be Lydia because every translation, even retranslations and fan translations, still call her Rydia. Besides, I think Rydia sounds more beautiful than Lydia, and she's not an ordinary person (she's a summoner, she grows up in the Land of Summons), so the fact that Rydia isn't a real woman's name makes the name even more fitting for her, IMHO.
I have seen some pretty bad translations of character names over the years (the Elements in Xenogears spring to mind). But if it's always been Rydia, then that's good enough for me.