Given name
Nadiya
“one who is full of hope”
Nadiya is a variant of Nadia. One Slavic interpretation is “one who is full of hope.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Nadiya is a variant of Nadia. One Slavic interpretation is “one who is full of hope.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Nadiya 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 1978. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Nadiya through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,547
- 0 boys · 1,547 girls
- Most popular year
- 2003
- 78 babies
- 2025
- 30
- #4,629 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −2%
- Steady
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 30 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 4,629 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 2.0% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 78 in 2003. In 2025, Minnesota had the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (5). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 2,488 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.
Nadiya’s family of names
Nadiya has a related form in Nadia. In English usage, Nadiya has a conventional equivalent in the German form NADESCHDA. In English usage, Nadiya has a conventional equivalent in the Latvian form Nadežda.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Nadiya has relatives in 9 languages.
9 related names in 9 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.
Across languages 20
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Nadiya
- Nadiya SavchenkoUkrainian politicianborn 1981
- Nadezhda OlizarenkoSoviet-Ukrainian middle-distance runner1953–2017
- Nadia MeiherUkrainian singerborn 1982
- Nadiya HussainBritish-Bangladeshi baker, columnist and authorborn 1984
- Nadija Hordijenko AndrianovaUkrainian writer and translator of Esperanto1921–1998
- Nadezhda PrishchepaUkrainian rowerborn 1956
- Nadiya RozhonSoviet rowerborn 1952
- Nadiia KodolaUkrainian volleyball playerborn 1988
- Nadiya FilipovaBulgarian rowerborn 1959
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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