Nadia

Russian, Arabic

"hope; tender, delicate"

Nadia Origin and Meaning

The name Nadia is a girl's name of Russian origin meaning "hope; tender, delicate".

Nadia, an accessible Slavic favorite, has a strong run of popularity in the US in the early 2000s, partially thanks to the character on Lost called Nadia but actually named Noor, but it's since slumped down the rankings. An earlier inspiration was Romanian gymnast Nadia Comaneci, who won the 1976 Olympics.

Nadia is actually a short form of Nadezhda, the name of Lenin's wife, though more Westerners will relate it to the familiar Natalya or Natasha.

Nadia is also a traditional Arabic name, popular in the Muslim community and also spelled Nadiyya or Nadya. It means "moist, tender, delicate" in Arabic.

Octomom Suleman spells her first name Nadya, as in the Queen Nadya character in Noel Coward's play The Queen was in the Parlour.

Nadia Rank in US Top 1000

# 489 in the US

Nadia Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

# 341 on Nameberry

Nadia Popularity

• 489 US 2023
• 341 Nameberry 2024
• 281 England 2021
• 471 Germany 2016
• 194 Netherlands 2015
• 90 Spain 2012
• 84 Portugal 2014
• 29 Poland 2023
• 68 Bosnia and Herzegovina 2023

20 Names Similar to Nadia

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Famous People Named Nadia

• Nadia Alexandra Bjorlin American actress
• Nadia Dajani American actress
• Nadia Elena Comaneci Romanian gymnast
• (Juliette) Nadia Boulanger French composer
• Nadia Wayans American actress
• Nadia Oleksandrivna Meikher Ukrainian singer and actress
• Nadezhda Viktorovna "Nadia" Petrova Russian tennis player
• Nadia Esra model
• Nadia Sawalha British actress and television presenter

Nadia in Pop Culture

• Nadia character in "Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water".
• Nadia character from the 'American Pie' movies.
• Nadia Sayid's long lost love on the TV show LOST.
• Nadia Santos Sydney's half,sister on the TV show 'Alias'.
• Nadia Godfrey character Netflix's Hemlock Grove.
• Nadia Petrova daughter of Katherine Pierce/Katerina Petrova on TV's The Vampire Diaries.
• Nadia character in the Amelia's Notebook series.
• "Nadia " Iraqi TV series and its main character.
• Nadia Satrinava the countess from the visual novel game The Arcana
• Nadia Rizavi the MFE pilot in Voltron: Legendary Defender
• Nadia Vulvokov main character of the Netflix series "Russian Doll"