Nadia is a female name. Variations include Nadja, Nadya, Nadine,

Nadiya Nadiya or Nadiia ( uk, Надія) is a female given name meaning "hope" in Ukrainian. It may refer to the following people. In sports * Nadiya Babych (1943–2021), Ukrainian linguist and philologist * Nadiia Bielkina (born 1990), Russian and ...

, and Nadiia. Most variations of the name are derived from

Arabic Arabic (, ' ; , ' or ) is a Semitic language spoken primarily across the Arab world.Semitic languages: an international handbook / edited by Stefan Weninger; in collaboration with Geoffrey Khan, Michael P. Streck, Janet C. E.Watson; Walter ...

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, or both. In Slavic, names similar to ''Nadia'' mean "hope" in many Slavic languages:

Ukrainian Ukrainian may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to Ukraine * Something relating to Ukrainians, an East Slavic people from Eastern Europe * Something relating to demographics of Ukraine in terms of demography and population of Ukraine * So ...

''Nadiya'' (Надія, accent on the ''i''), Belarusian ''Nadzieja'' (Надзея, accent on the ''e''), and

Old Polish The Old Polish language ( pl, język staropolski, staropolszczyzna) was a period in the history of the Polish language between the 10th and the 16th centuries. It was followed by the Middle Polish language. The sources for the study of the Ol ...

''Nadzieja'', all of which are derived from

Proto-Slavic Proto-Slavic (abbreviated PSl., PS.; also called Common Slavic or Common Slavonic) is the unattested, reconstructed proto-language of all Slavic languages. It represents Slavic speech approximately from the 2nd millennium B.C. through the 6th ...

''*naděja'', the first three from Old East Slavic. In

Bulgarian Bulgarian may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to the country of Bulgaria * Bulgarians, a South Slavic ethnic group * Bulgarian language, a Slavic language * Bulgarian alphabet * A citizen of Bulgaria, see Demographics of Bulgaria * Bul ...

and

Russian Russian(s) refers to anything related to Russia, including: *Russians (, ''russkiye''), an ethnic group of the East Slavic peoples, primarily living in Russia and neighboring countries *Rossiyane (), Russian language term for all citizens and peo ...

, on the other hand, Nadia or Nadya (Надя, accent on first syllable) is the diminutive form of the full name Nadyezhda (Надежда), meaning "hope" and derived from Old Church Slavonic, which it entered as a translation of the Greek word ''ἐλπίς'' ( Elpis), with the same meaning. In

, the name is ''Nadiyyah'', meaning "tender" and "delicate." In the

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, the word ''Nãdienã'' simply means "girl".Dan Wordlist
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People

Academics

* Nadia Abu El Haj (born 1962), assistant professor at Barnard College *

Nadia Ghazzali Nadia Ghazzali (born April 3, 1961) is a Canadian statistician, the former president of the Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, where she continues to work as a professor in the department of mathematics and computer science. As a statistici ...

(born 1961), Moroccan-Canadian statistician and university administrator * Nadia Maftouni (born 1966), Iranian philosopher and artist *

Nadia Nurhussein Nadia Nurhussein (born 1974) is an American academic and author specialized in African-American literature, culture, and poetics. She is an associate professor of English and Africana studies at the Johns Hopkins Zanvyl Krieger School of Arts an ...

(born 1974), American academic *

Nadia Rosenthal Nadia A. Rosenthal FMedSci is a scientist who specializes in heart development related research. Rosenthal began her undergraduate degree at the University of Wales and then transferred to Harvard. She received her PhD from Harvard Medical School ...

(born 1953), scientist who specializes in heart development related research *

Nadia Magnenat Thalmann Nadia Magnenat Thalmann is a computer graphics Computer graphics deals with generating images with the aid of computers. Today, computer graphics is a core technology in digital photography, film, video games, cell phone and computer dis ...

(born 1946), computer graphics scientist and founder and head of MIRALab at the University of Geneva *

Nadia Zakamska Nadia Zakamska is a Russian-American astronomer who is a professor at Johns Hopkins University. Early life and education Zakamska graduated from Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology with a master's degree in theoretical physics in 2001. Z ...

, Russian-American astronomer and professor at Johns Hopkins University

Athletes

Nadia Abdalá Nadia Abdala (born August 14, 1988) is a Mexican former professional tennis Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent (singles) or between two teams of two players each (doubles). Each player use ...

(born 1988), Mexican professional tennis player *

Nadia Echeverría Alam Nadia Echeverría Alam (born 14 January 1995) is an American-Venezuelan tennis player. She has a career-high WTA rankings of 758 in singles, achieved on 22 April 2013, and 479 in doubles, reached on 2 May 2016. Echeverría Alam has won six I ...

(born 1995), American-Venezuelan tennis player *

Nadia Comăneci Nadia Elena Comăneci Conner (born November 12, 1961) is a Romanian retired gymnast and a five-time Olympic gold medalist, all in individual events. In 1976, at the age of 14, Comăneci was the first gymnast to be awarded a perfect score of 10 ...

(born 1961), Romanian Olympic gold medal-winning gymnast *

Nadia Cortassa Nadia Cortassa (born 5 January 1978 in Turin) is an athlete from Italy. She competes in triathlon. Cortassa competed at the second Olympic triathlon at the 2004 Summer Olympics The 2004 Summer Olympics ( el, Θερινοί Ολυμπιακ� ...

(born 1978), Italian triathlete *

Nadia Dandolo Nadia Dandolo (born 11 September 1962) is a former Italian long-distance runner, two-time it the top eight at European Championships (1990, 1992) and one at the European Indoor Championships (1991). Biography She won the silver medal in the 300 ...

(born 1962), Italian long-distance runner *

Nadia Davy Nadia Davy (born 24 December 1980) is a Jamaican American track and field athlete, competing internationally for Jamaica. She was a bronze medalist in the 4 x 400 meter relay at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Greece. Early life Davy was b ...

(born 1980), Jamaican sprinter * Nadia Fezzani (swimmer), Libyan swimmer * Nádia Gomes (born 1996), Portuguese footballer *

Nadia Nadim Nadia Nadim ( ps, نادیه ندیم; born 2 January 1988) is a professional footballer and physician who plays as a striker for NWSL club Racing Louisville FC. Born in Afghanistan, she represents the Denmark national team at international le ...

(born 1988), Afghan-Danish footballer *

Nadia Petrova Nadezhda Viktorovna "Nadia" Petrova (russian: Надежда Викторовна Петрова ; born 8 June 1982) is a Russian former professional tennis player. A former top-five player in both singles and doubles, she reached a career-high ...

(born 1982), Russian tennis player * Nadia Styger (born 1978), Swiss alpine skier

Actors

* Nadia Bjorlin (born 1980), American actress * Nadia Chambers (born 1968), Welsh actress *

Nadia Di Cello Nadia Mariel di Cello (born January 20, 1989) is an Argentina, Argentine actress who was born in Argentina and raised and developed her career in Argentina. Biography Nadia Mariel di Cello was born on January 20, 1989, in Argentina. She has an ...

(born 1989), Argentine actress *

Nadia Farès Nadia Farès (Arabic: نادية فارس , born 20 December 1968 in Marrakech, Morocco) is a French actress. She made her film debut in 1992, with '' My Wife's Girlfriends''. She rose to fame with the police thriller ''Les Rivières pourpres' ...

(born 1973), French actress * Nadia Khan (born 1979), Pakistani actress and presenter * Nadia Litz (born 1976), Canadian actress *

Nadia Lutfi Nadia Lutfi or Nadia Loutfi ( ar, نادية لطفي; born Poula Mohamed Mostafa Shafiq ( ar, بولا محمد مصطفى شفيق); 3 January 1937 – 4 February 2020) was an Egyptian actress. During the apex of her career, she was one of the ...

(1938–2020), Egyptian actress * Nadia Sawalha (born 1964), English actress and television presenter

Musicians and singers

Nadia Ali (singer) Nadia Ali ( ur, نادیہ علی, ar, نادية علي; born August 3, 1980) is an American singer-songwriter based in New York City. Ali gained prominence in 2001 as the frontwoman and songwriter of the band iiO after their debut single ...

(born 1980), Pakistani-American singer-songwriter *

Nadia Almada Nádia Conceição Almada (born 28 January 1977) is a Portuguese-born British television personality. She is known for winning the fifth series of '' Big Brother''. Career ''Big Brother'' Almada competed in the fifth series of '' Big Br ...

(born 1977), Portuguese reality television star, winner of ''Big Brother'' UK * Nadia Azzi (born 1998), American classical pianist of Lebanese-Japanese origin *

Nadia Batson Nadia Batson is a Trinidadian singer, songwriter, producer and model. She was a runner-up in the Power Category at the 2007 International Soca Monarch with her song "My Land" with Kees Dieffenthaller. Raised in Barataria, Trinidad, she spent ...

, Trinidadian singer, songwriter, producer and model *

Nadia Boulanger Juliette Nadia Boulanger (; 16 September 188722 October 1979) was a French music teacher and conductor. She taught many of the leading composers and musicians of the 20th century, and also performed occasionally as a pianist and organist. From a ...

(1887–1979), French composer, conductor, and teacher * Nadia Krasteva, Bulgarian mezzo-soprano * Nadia López (born 1983), Mexican singer and reality television star * Nadia Malm (born 1986), Danish singer who collaborated with Svenstrup & Vendelboe * Nadia Meikher (born 1982), Ukrainian singer-songwriter, actress, poet, television personality and fashion designer * Nadia Mladjao (born 1979), French pop-soul singer better known by her stage name Imany * Nadia Oh, English singer, rapper, producer and model * Nadia Reid, New Zealand folk singer-songwriter * Nadia Reisenberg (1904–1983), American pianist of Lithuanian birth * Nadia Salerno-Sonnenberg (born 1961), Italian and American classical violinist and teacher * Nadia Sirota, American viola player * Nadia Turner (born 1977), contestant on ''American Idol'' season 4 * Nadia Zighem or Nâdiya (born 1973), French R&B singer of Algerian origin

Politicians

* Nadia Brédimas-Assimopoulos, Canadian politician * Nadia Arop Dudi, (born 1971), South Sudanese politician * Nadia Hashem, Jordanian journalist and politician * Nadia Makram Ebeid, Egyptian politician * Nadia Ramassamy (born 1961), French politician from Réunion * Nadia Savchenko, Ukrainian politician and former Army aviation pilot * Nadia Valavani (born 1954), Greek politician * Nadia Whittome (born 1996), British politician * Nadia Zakhary, Egyptian politician

Writers and journalists

* Nadia al-Ghazzi (born 1935), Syrian lawyer and writer * Nadia Al-Kokabany, Yemeni novelist, short story writer and academic * Nadia Anjuman (1980–2005), poet from Afghanistan * Nadia Brown, American poet, writer, and author * Nadia Cavalera (born 1950), Italian novelist, poet and literary critic * Nadia Chafik (born 1962), Moroccan novelist * Nadia Davids (born 1977), award-winning South African writer * Nadia Drake, science journalist who writes the ''No Place Like Home'' blog for ''National Geographic'' * Nadia Fezzani, Canadian journalist/author; researches American serial killers * Nadia Hashimi, pediatrician, novelist, and a Democratic congressional candidate * Nadia Hijab, Palestinian political analyst, author and journalist * Nadia Mitsopoulos, Australian journalist * Nadia Muhsen (born 1965), British author * Nadia Sharmeen (born 1986), Bangladeshi journalist * Nadia Tueni (1935–1983), Lebanese-French poet, who authored of numerous volumes of poetry * Nadia Wheatley, Australian writer whose work includes picture books, novels, biography and history; author of ''Five Times Dizzy''

Other

* Nadia (streamer), Nadia Amine, American Twitch (service), Twitch streamer and Internet personality * Nadia Bakhurji, Saudi interior designer who announced her candidacy in the 2005 Saudi elections * Nadia Gamal (1937–1990), Egyptian dancer of Greek descent * Nadia Giosia (born 1980), Canadian-Italian chef, comic actress and singer; presenter of Nadia G's Bitchin' Kitchen * Nadia Heninger, American cryptographer * Nadia Murad, Yazidi-Iraqi human rights activist * Nadia Tass (born 1956), Macedonian-Australian film director and producer * Nadia Yanowsky, Spanish ballet dancer * Nadia Yassine (born 1958), founder and head of the feminine branch of the Moroccan Islamist movement Al Adl Wa Al Ihssane * Nadia Younes (1946–2003), Egyptian national who worked for the UN and the WHO, victim of the Canal Hotel bombing

Fictional characters

* Nadia, Palestinian protagonist of the film ''A.K.A Nadia'' * Nadia Chernyshevski, in Kim Stanley Robinson's Mars trilogy * Nadia Fortune, in Skullgirls * Nadia Godfrey, on the television series ''Hemlock Grove (TV series), Hemlock Grove'' * Nadia Jazeem, on the ABC television series ''Lost (TV series), Lost'' * List of Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water characters#Nadia, Nadia La Arwall, in the ''Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water'' anime directed by Hideaki Anno * Nadia Petrova, Katherine's daughter on the CW television drama ''The Vampire Diaries'' * Nadia Santos, on the television series ''Alias'' * Nadia Vulvokov, in the television series ''Russian Doll (TV series), Russian Doll'' * Nadia Yassir, from the Fox television series ''24'' * Nadia McConnell, the sister of the protagonist from the musical ''Bare: A Pop Opera'' * Characters of Chrono Trigger#Marle, Princess Nadia (aka Marle), a character in the SNES/PS1 video game ''Chrono Trigger'' * List of American Pie characters#Nadia, Nadia, in the American Pie (film series), ''American Pie'' film series * Nadia, a Russian mail order bride in the 2002 film ''Birthday Girl'' * Nadia, in the PC video game ''Command & Conquer: Red Alert'' * Nadia, in the anime television series ''El Cazador de la Bruja'' * Nadia, a stripper on the Showtime television series ''Dexter (TV series), Dexter'' * Nadia, a doll in the Groovy Girls doll line, by Manhattan Toy * Nadia, in the 2002 computer-animated film ''Ice Age (2002 film), Ice Age'' * Nadia, in the Nickelodeon preschool animated television series ''Shimmer and Shine'' * Nadia, in the 2009 film ''Pandorum'' * Nadia, in the French animated series ''Titeuf''

References

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