Given name
Nadezhda
“one who is full of hope”
Nadezhda is a variant of Nadia. One Slavic interpretation is “one who is full of hope.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Nadezhda is a variant of Nadia. One Slavic interpretation is “one who is full of hope.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Nadezhda is a variant of Nadia. An origin associated with Nadia is Slavic.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1993. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Nadezhda through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 291
- 0 boys · 291 girls
- Most popular year
- 2010
- 17 babies
- 2025
- 6
- #14,395 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −33%
- Easing
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 6 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 14,395 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for girls was 17 in 2010. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 3,721 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Nadezhda’s family of names
Nadezhda has an affectionate form in Nadya. Nadezhda shares a linguistic root with Nadzieja. Nadezhda has a related form in Nadia.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Nadezhda has relatives in 10 languages.
11 related names in 10 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 23
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 Nadezhda
- Nadezhda KrupskayaRussian revolutionary and politician (1869–1939)
- Nadia PetrovaRussian tennis playerborn 1982
- Nadezhda Alliluyevasecond wife of Joseph Stalin1901–1932
- Nadezhda MandelstamRussian writer and educator1899–1980
- Nadežda PetrovićSerbian artist (1873-1915)
- Aleksandr AleksandrovRussian Army officer1783–1866
- Nadezhda ChizhovaSoviet athleteborn 1945
- Nadezhda von MeckPatron of Tchaikovsky (1831-1894)
- Nadezhda KadyshevaRussian singerborn 1959
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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