Nadya

Slavic and Russian
"hope"

Nadya Origin and Meaning

The name Nadya is a girl's name of Russian origin meaning "hope".

Nadya and Nadia are Eastern European short forms -- for the more difficult Nadezhda -- now fully accepted on their own.

Famous People Named Nadya

  • Nadya Denise Doud
    Suleman aka Octomom, American mother of octuplets
  • Nadya Yuti Hutagalung
    Indonesian actress, model and TV personality
  • Nadya A.R.
    Pakistani novelist
  • Nadezhda Nikolayevna "Nadya" Rusheva
    Russian painter and illustrator
  • Nadya Larouche
    Canadian children's novelist and playwright
  • Nadya Ochner
    Italian Olympic snowboarder
  • Nadezhda "Nadya" Karpova
    Russian footballer

Nadya in Pop Culture

  • Nadya Gorodetskaya
    character in the Night Watch fantasy series