Given name & surname

Nadzieja

“hope”

Nadzieja is a feminine given name. It is used in Polish.

Meaning & origin

What it means

Nadzieja goes back to a word meaning “hope.”

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Where it comes from

Nadzieja comes from Esperanto.

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Nadzieja’s family of names

In Polish usage, Nadzieja has a diminutive in Nadziejka. In Polish usage, Nadzieja shares an earlier linguistic root with Nadia. In Polish usage, Nadzieja has a conventional equivalent in the English form Hope.

Walk Nadzieja’s family in the name graph

NadziejaNadziejkaHopeNadiaEsperanzaNadiyaNadezhdaNadiyahNadjaNadejdaНадеждаEspéranceНадіяNadeždaΕλπίδαNaděždaНадзея

Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.

Hover or tab through the constellation to see how each name is related. Bigger dots are names more people in the U.S. share.

Around the world

Nadzieja has relatives in 13 languages. Lines run from its Esperanto roots to each of them.

PolishEsperanto

15 related names in 13 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.

Each dot marks where a language is rooted, not where people with the name live today. Bigger dots hold more names. Language locations from Glottolog (CC BY 4.0); map from Natural Earth.

Similar names

If you love Nadzieja, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

Tagalog · Virtue

Madlang-awa

“mercy for the community”

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Sanskrit · Virtue

ৰায়

“a wise protector” · “son of grace”

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Punic · Virtue

حنبعل

“May the Lord (Baal) grace me”

No U.S. birth series

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Virtue

Nadyuiska

“one who is full of hope”

No U.S. birth series

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Virtue

Nadusha

“one who is full of hope”

No U.S. birth series

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Virtue

Nadyenka

“one who is full of hope”

No U.S. birth series

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Virtue

Nadenka

“one who is full of hope”

No U.S. birth series

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Virtue

Nadéžda

“hope”

No U.S. birth series

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Sibling ideas

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