Given name & surname
Nadia
“one who is full of hope”
Nadia is used as a given name and a surname. One Slavic interpretation is “one who is full of hope.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Slavic interpretation is “one who is full of hope.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Slavic.
How it developed
In English usage, Nadia is an affectionate form of Надежда.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1911. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Nadia through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 46,618
- 62 boys · 46,556 girls
- Most popular year
- 2005
- 1,923 babies
- 2025
- 531
- #565 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −19%
- Easing
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 531 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 565 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 18.8% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 1,923 in 2005. In 2025, California had the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (58). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 56,039 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.
Nadia’s family of names
In Dutch usage, Nadia has a diminutive in Nadine. In English usage, Nadia shares a linguistic root with the Serbo-Croatian form Nada. In Polish usage, Nadia has a conventional equivalent in the English form Hope.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Nadia has relatives in 18 languages. Lines run from its Proto-Slavic roots to each of them.
14 related names in 18 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 52
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Nayavariant
- Nadinediminutive · French, Dutch
- Naiavariant
- Naiyavariant
- Nadiyavariant
- Nadyavariant
- Nadjavariant · German, Danish
- Nadiyahvariant
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- Nadeenvariant
- Nadiahvariant
- Nadezhdavariant
- Natiavariant
- Nadegevariant
- Naiyanavariant
- Nadjahvariant
- Naydinevariant
- Naydeenvariant
- Naydenevariant
- Nadeanevariant
- Nadinavariant
- Nadenevariant
- Nadinvariant
- Nadynevariant
- Nadeanvariant
- Nadeenevariant
- Nadijavariant
- Nadeavariant
- Nadievariant
- Naddialikely variant
- Надеждаshort form · Russian, Dutch
- Nadziavariant
- Nadyuiskavariant
- Nadyenkavariant
- Nadsvariant
- Nadjaevariant
- Nadezdavariant
- Naideenvariant
- Naidynevariant
- Naidinevariant
- Naidenevariant
- Naydynvariant
- Naydinvariant
- Nadeenavariant
- Nadeanavariant
- Nadynvariant
- Nadynavariant
- Nadenavariant
- Nadienvariant
- Nadushavariant
- Nadenkavariant
- Nadkavariant
- Naadiyavariant
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 14
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- HopeEnglish
- Nadacognate · Serbo-Croatian, Slovene
- Надияequivalent
- Надіяequivalent
- Нәдияequivalent
- نادياequivalent
- ΝάντιαGreek
- Nadziejadoublet · Polish
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People named Nadia
- Nadia MuradYazidi human rights activist from Iraq and winner of the 2018 Nobel Peace Prizeborn 1993
- Nadia ComăneciRomanian gymnast and five-time Olympic gold medalist (born 1961)
- Nadia BoulangerFrench musician, conductor, and teacher (1887-1979)
- Nadia PetrovaRussian tennis playerborn 1982
- Nadia NadimDanish footballerborn 1988
- Nadia AliAmerican singer-songwriterborn 1980
- Nadia BattoclettiItalian athleteborn 2000
- ImanyFrench pop-soul singer (born 1979)
- Nadia CalviñoSpanish economist and politicianborn 1968
Characters named Nadia: Nadia Santos (the television series Alias), Nadia Yassir (the television series 24).
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
Similar names
If you love Nadia, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
Nadežda
“hope”
>99% girls
Nadeschda
“hope”
>99% girls
Nadiège
“hope”
>99% girls
Nadège
“hope”
>99% girls
Віра
“faith, belief”
>99% girls
Вера
“faith, belief”
>99% girls
Anamaria
“filled with bitter grace”
>99% girls
Gracia
Gracia is a variant of Grace. As a name, Grace carries the word’s association with divine favour. Grace’s meaning comes from a vocabulary word rather than a compound of older personal names.
>99% girls