Given name & surname
Nada
“covered with the morning's dew”
Nada is used as a given name and a surname. One Arabic interpretation is “covered with the morning's dew.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Arabic interpretation is “covered with the morning's dew.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Arabic.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1892. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Nada through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 5,129
- 0 boys · 5,129 girls
- Most popular year
- 2000
- 78 babies
- 2025
- 32
- #4,432 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −30%
- Easing
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 32 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 4,432 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 29.7% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 78 in 2000. In 2025, California had the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (5). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 7,185 as a first name in 2020; 486 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Nada’s family of names
In English usage, Nada shares an earlier linguistic root with Noel. In Slovenian usage, Nada has a conventional equivalent in the Polish form Nadia. In Serbo-Croatian usage, Nada shares a linguistic root with the English form Nadia.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Nada has relatives in 6 languages. Lines run from its Arabic roots to each of them.
6 related names in 6 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 5
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Nada
- Nada DimićYugoslav partisan (1923–1942)
- NadaItalian singer and writer (1953-)
- Nada KlaićCroatian historian, linguist, translator (1920–1988)
- Nada CristofoliItalian cyclistborn 1971
- Ana BekutaSerbian singerborn 1959
- Nada MeawadEgyptian beach volleyball playerborn 1998
- Nada HafezEgyptian fencerborn 1997
- Nada TopčagićBosnian singerborn 1953
- Nada Mezni HafaiedhTunisian film directorborn 1984
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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