Nadja is a female name, that is used predominantly throughout the

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. Its origins are in the Arabic languages. The Serbian and Montenegrin spelling is Nađa. Notable people with the name include: * Nadja Abd el Farrag (born 1965), German television personality * Nadja Auermann (born 1971), German model and actress * Nadja Awad (born 1991), Swedish politician * Nadja Becker (born 1978), German actress * Nadja Benaissa (born 1982), German singer, member of No Angels * Nadja Bender (born 1990), Danish fashion model * Nadja Bergknecht, German swimmer * (born 1975), Austrian news presenter * Nadja Brand (born 1975), South African film actor *

Nadja Breytenbach Nadja Breytenbach is a Namibian model and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned the title of Miss Namibia 2019. She represented Namibia Namibia, officially the Republic of Namibia, is a country on the west coast of Southern Africa. ...

(born 1995), Namibian model and beauty pageant titleholder * Nadja Drost, Canadian journalist * Nadja Drygalla (born 1989), German rower * Nadja Durbach, American professor of history *

Nađa Đurđevac Nađa Đurđevac (born 25 August 2002) is a Montenegrin footballer who plays as a forward for Women's League club ŽFK Budućnost Podgorica and the Montenegro women's national team. Club career Đurđevac has played for Budućnost Podgorica i ...

(born 2002), Montenegrin football player * Nadja Furrer (born 1998), Swiss footballer * Nadja Halilbegovich (born 1979), Bosnian author, speaker and peace activist *

Nađa Higl Nađa Higl (Serbian Cyrillic: Нађа Хигл; born 2 January 1987) is a Serbian swimmer. She was FINA World Aquatics Championships, World Champion in Swimming at the 2009 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 200 metre breaststroke, 200&nb ...

(born 1987), Serbian swimmer * Nadja Hirsch (born 1978), German politician * Nadja Holm (born 1997), Swedish singer * Nadja Horwitz (born 1996), Chilean sailor *

Nadja Hüpscher Nadja Hüpscher (born 23 March 1972) is a Dutch actress and writer, known for Based on the Novel (1999), Dennis P. (2007) and Levenslied (2011). Early life Nadja Hüpscher was born on 23 March 1972 in Nijmegen, Gelderland, Netherlands. Hüpsc ...

(born 1972), Dutch actress and writer *

Nađa Kadović Nađa Kadović (born 28 August 2003) is a Montenegrin handball Handball (also known as team handball, European handball, Olympic handball or indoor handball) is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each (six outcourt players ...

(born 2003), Montenegrin handball player *

Nadja Kälin Nadja Kälin (born 20 April 2001) is a Swiss cross-country skier. She competed in the Women's 10 kilometre classical, and Women's 15 kilometre skiathlon, at the 2022 Winter Olympics The 2022 Winter Olympics, officially called the XXIV O ...

(born 2001), Swiss cross-country skier *

Nadja Kamer Nadja Kamer (born 23 July 1986) is a World Cup alpine ski racer from Switzerland. From Schwyz Schwyz (; ; ) is a town and the capital of the canton of Schwyz in Switzerland. The Federal Charter of 1291 or ''Bundesbrief'', the charter that ...

(born 1986), Swiss alpine skier *

Nadja Käther Nadja Käther (born 29 September 1988) is a German athlete who specialises in the long jump The long jump is a track and field event in which athletes combine speed, strength and agility in an attempt to leap as far as possible from a takeo ...

(born 1988), German track and field athlete *

Nadja Küchenmeister Nadja Küchenmeister (born 18 April 1981 in East-Berlin) is a German poet and writer. Life and work Küchenmeister grew up in Berlin where she still lives. She studied German studies and sociology at the Berlin Institute of Technology as wel ...

(born 1981), German poet and writer *

Nadja Malacrida Louisa, Marchesa Malacrida de Saint-August (''née'' Louisa Nadia Green, 15 June 1895 – 3 October 1934), known by the pen names Nadja Malacrida and Nadja, was an English writer, radio broadcaster, racing driver, and socialite. A novelist, p ...

, pen-name of Louisa Nadia Green (1895—1934), British poet *

Nadja Maleh Nadja Maleh (born 9 June 1972 in Vienna) is an Austrian actress, singer, cabaret artist and director. Life and work file:Lenaugasse 1a Kabarett Niedermair.JPG, 200px, left, The Kabarett Niedermair Nadja Maleh is the daughter of a Syrian physic ...

(born 1972), Austrian actress *

Nadja Verena Marcin Nadja Verena Marcin (1982-present) is a Berlin and New York-based visual artist, performance artist, and filmmaker. Her work examines themes of gender, history, morality, psychology, and human behavior, through an intersectional feminist lens. M ...

, visual artist and organizer *

Nadja Michael Nadja Michael (born 1969) is a German opera singer with an active international career singing leading soprano roles. Her mother's great-aunt was the soprano Erna Sack. Early life and education She was born near Leipzig in Wurzen, then East ...

, German soprano *

Nadja Nadgornaja Nadja Månsson (born Nadgornaja; 22 September 1988) is a German handball player for Borussia Dortmund Handball, Borussia Dortmund. She participated at the 2011 World Women's Handball Championship in Brazil. Individual awards *Carpathian Trophy ...

(born 1988), German handball player * Nađa Ninković (born 1991), Serbian volleyball player * Nadja Obrist (born 1972), Austrian Paralympic alpine skier * Nadja Oertelt, American science communicator * Nadja Petrovic (born 1991), Macedonian painter * Nadja Peulen, German bass guitarist for Coal Chamber * Nadja Pries (born 1994), German BMX racer * Nadja Purtschert (born 1989), Swiss snowboarder * Nadja Ramskogler (born 2000), Austrian tennis player * Nadja Regin (1931–2019), Serbian actress * Nadja Roma (born 1988), Swedish tennis player * Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg (born 1961), US violinist * Nadja Sellrup (born 1977), Swedish ballet dancer * Nadja Sieger (born 1967), Swiss comedian *

Nadja Spiegelman Nadja Spiegelman (born May 13, 1987) is an American writer and cartoonist. She is the author of articles, books, and graphic novels, as well as a literary magazine editor. Early life, family and education Nadja Spiegelman is the daughter of car ...

(born 1987), American writer * Nađa Stanović (born 1999), Montenegrin football player * Nadja Stefanoff (born 1976), German operatic soprano * Nadja Sthamer (born 1990), German politician * Nadja Swarovski (born 1970), Austrian business executive * Nadja Tesich (1939–2014), Serbian-American writer, filmmaker, actress and activist * Nadja Tiller (1929–2023), Austrian actress * Nadja Uhl (born 1972), German actress * Nadja West (born 1961), Surgeon General of the US Army Fictional characters: * Nadja, main character of the 1928 surrealist novel Nadja by

André Breton André Robert Breton (; ; 19 February 1896 – 28 September 1966) was a French writer and poet, the co-founder, leader, and principal theorist of surrealism. His writings include the first ''Surrealist Manifesto'' (''Manifeste du surréalisme'') ...

* Nadja, the main character of the anime '' Ashita no Nadja'' * Nadja Nilsson, a fictional character in the ''Bert diaries'' * Nadja, vampire character in the TV series '' What We Do in the Shadows'' *Nadja Chamack, a character in the animated series '' Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug and Cat Noir'' * Arle Nadja, character in Madou Monogatari and

Puyo Puyo , previously known as ''Puyo Pop'' outside Japan, is a series of tile-matching video games created by Compile. Sega has owned the franchise since 1998, with games after 2001 being developed by Sonic Team. ''Puyo Puyo'' was created as a spin-of ...

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