Given name
Naděžda
Naděžda is a feminine given name from Russian. It is used in Czech.
Meaning & origin
Naděžda’s family of names
In Czech usage, Naděžda has a diminutive in Naďa. In Czech usage, Naděžda has a conventional equivalent in the English form Nadezhda. In Czech usage, Naděžda has a conventional equivalent in the English form Nadiya.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Naděžda has relatives in 5 languages. Lines run from its Russian roots to each of them.
7 related names in 5 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 9
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- NadiyaEnglish
- NadezhdaEnglish
- Надзеяequivalent
- Надеждаequivalent
- Nadejdaequivalent
- NadziejaPolish
- EspéranceFrench
- NadègeFrench
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People named Naděžda
- Naděžda KavalírováCzech paramedic, human rights activist and political prisoner (1923–2017)
- Naďa KonvalinkováCzech actressborn 1951
- Naďa UrbánkováCzech actress and singer (1939–2023)
- Naděžda KniplováCzech opera singer1932–2020
- Naděžda KoštovalováCzech runnerborn 1971
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