Given name & surname
Nadine
“one who is full of hope”
Nadine is a variant of Nadia. One Slavic interpretation is “one who is full of hope.”
Original RussianНадежда
Meaning & origin
What it means
Nadine is a variant of Nadia. One Slavic interpretation is “one who is full of hope.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Russian.
How it developed
In Dutch usage, Nadine is a diminutive of Nadia.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1887. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Nadine through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 53,424
- 43 boys · 53,381 girls
- Most popular year
- 1958
- 1,011 babies
- 2025
- 128
- #1,627 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −16%
- Easing
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 128 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 1,627 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 15.9% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 1,011 in 1958. In 2025, California had the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (25). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 38,200 as a first name in 2020; a sample rank of No. 69,771 among surnames in 1990.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Nadine’s family of names
In Dutch usage, Nadine is a diminutive of Nadia. In French usage, Nadine has a later derivative in Nadin. In German usage, Nadine has a related form in Nadja.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Nadine has relatives in 7 languages. Lines run from its Russian roots to each of them.
Russianwhere Nadine comes from · 1 name
Nicknames & forms 8
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 5
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 2
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Nadine
- Nadine GordimerSouth African writer (1923–2014)
- Nadine LabakiLebanese actress and film directorborn 1974
- Nadine AngererGerman footballerborn 1978
- Nadine SierraAmerican operatic sopranoborn 1988
- Nadine VelazquezAmerican actress and modelborn 1978
- Nadine KeßlerGerman soccer playerborn 1988
- Nadine BeilerAustrian singerborn 1990
- Nadine KleinertGerman shot putterborn 1975
- Nadine DorriesBritish politician (born 1957)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
Appears in
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