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

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region, and 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 Nadja Abd el Farrag (5 March 1965 – 9 May 2025), nicknamed Naddel, was a German television and media personality. She became known through her relationship with songwriter and record producer Dieter Bohlen of Modern Talking. Early life Abd el ...

(born 1965), German television personality *

Nadja Auermann Nadja Auermann (born 19 March 1971) is a German model and actress. She was once stated by the Guinness Book of Records to have the longest legs of any model in the world. Biography In 1989, Auermann was discovered in a cafe in Berlin and signed ...

(born 1971), German model and actress * Nadja Awad (born 1991), Swedish politician *

Nadja Becker Nadja Becker (born 25 October 1978) is a German actress. Filmography *2003: ''Science Fiction'', as Receptionist advertising agency *2004–2007: '' Stromberg'', as Maja Decker *2007: '' Warum Männer nicht zuhören und Frauen schlecht einpar ...

(born 1978), German actress *

Nadja Benaissa Nadja Benaissa (born 26 April 1982) is a German singer and television personality. She rose to fame in late 2000 when she auditioned for Popstars (German TV series), the German adaption of the reality television show ''Popstars (Germany), Popsta ...

(born 1982), German singer, member of No Angels *

Nadja Bender Nadja Sofie Bender Knudsen (born 3 June 1990), known professionally as Nadja Bender is a Danish fashion model. Early life Before modeling, she studied nanotechnology at the University of Copenhagen. Career Bender was discovered when a ne ...

(born 1990), Danish fashion model * Nadja Bergknecht, German swimmer * (born 1975), Austrian news presenter *

Nadja Brand Nadja Brand (also known as Nadya Brand), is a South African-born actress and producer, most famously known for her leading role in ''Broken'', for which she won the 2007 Fright Meter Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role. (2006). Brand ha ...

(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 Nadja Furrer (born 30 April 1998) is a Swiss footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Grasshoppers and the Switzerland national team. International career Furrer made her debut for the Switzerland national team on 4 March 2019, as a starter ag ...

(born 1998), Swiss footballer *

Nadja Halilbegovich Nadja Halilbegovich (born July 29, 1979) is an author, speaker, peace activist and survivor of the Bosnian War and the Siege of Sarajevo. Childhood Before the war, Halilbegovich sang and played guitar with Palcici, Sarajevo's internationally-know ...

(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 ''Nadja'' Kasanesh Holm, (born 10 October 1997) is a Swedish singer and winner of Idol 2020. She was born in Ethiopia and grew up in Roknäs outside of Piteå. On 27 November, 2020, she along with Paulina Pancenkov made it to the final of the T ...

(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 Nađa Ninković (; born November 1, 1991) is a professional volleyball player from Serbia, who was a member of the Serbia women's national volleyball team that won the gold medal at the 2011 European Championship in Serbia and Italy. She plays f ...

(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 Coal Chamber is an American nu metal band formed by Dez Fafara and Meegs Rascón in Los Angeles in 1992, initially under the name She's in Pain. The original lineup also consisted of bassist Rayna Foss and drummer Jon Tor. Mike Cox replaced Tor ...

, German bass guitarist for Coal Chamber * Nadja Pries (born 1994), German BMX racer *

Nadja Purtschert Nadja Purtschert (born 3 September 1989) is a Swiss snowboarder, specializing in halfpipe. Purtschert competed at the 2014 Winter Olympics for Switzerland. In the halfpipe, she finished 23rd in the qualifying round, failing to advance. As of Se ...

(born 1989), Swiss snowboarder *

Nadja Ramskogler Nadja Ramskogler (born 4 June 2000) is an Austrian tennis Tennis is a List of racket sports, racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent (singles (tennis), singles) or between two teams of two players each (do ...

(born 2000), Austrian tennis player *

Nadja Regin Nadežda "Nađa" Poderegin (2 December 1931 – 6 April 2019), commonly known by her stage name Nadja Regin ( sr-Cyrl, Нађа Регин, ), was a Serbian actress, writer and publisher. Performing in Yugoslav films from 1949, she developed an ...

(1931–2019), Serbian actress *

Nadja Roma Nadja Roma (born 27 July 1988) is a Swedish former professional tennis player. Biography A left-handed player from Stockholm, Roma represented the Sweden Fed Cup team in a total of seven ties. She was used mostly as a doubles player but played ...

(born 1988), Swedish tennis player *

Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg (born January 10, 1961) is an Italian and American classical violinist and teacher. Early life and education Salerno-Sonnenberg was born in Rome, Italy. Her father left when she was three months old. She emigrated with ...

(born 1961), US violinist * Nadja Sellrup (born 1977), Swedish ballet dancer *

Nadja Sieger Nadja Sieger (born May 22,1968 in Zürich) is a Swiss comedian, singer, writer, actress and producer, better known as ''Nadeschkin'' of the comedian duo Ursus & Nadeschkin. Life and career Born 1968 in Zürich, Nadja Sieger attended a Gymnasiu ...

(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 Nađa Stanović (born 10 September 1999) is a Montenegrin Women's association football, footballer who plays as a left midfielder for SK Slavia Prague (women), Slavia Prague and has appeared for the Montenegro women's national football team, Mont ...

(born 1999), Montenegrin football player *

Nadja Stefanoff Nadja Stefanoff (born 22 July 1976) is a German operatic soprano based at the Staatstheater Mainz. She began her career as a mezzo-soprano. She has performed leading roles there and as a guest at major opera houses in Europe, such as Marta in Wei ...

(born 1976), German operatic soprano *

Nadja Sthamer Nadja Sthamer (born 13 March 1990) is a German politician of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) who has been serving as a member of the Bundestag since 2021. Early life and education Sthamer was born 1990 in the East German town of Reichenbach im ...

(born 1990), German politician *

Nadja Swarovski Nadja Lyn Swarovski (born 5 May 1970) is an Austrian-American businesswoman. She joined the Swarovski family company in 1995, 100 years after it was founded by her great-great-grandfather Daniel Swarovski in 1895 in Wattens, Austria. She was the ...

(born 1970), Austrian business executive *

Nadja Tesich Nadja Tesich (June 8, 1939 – February 20, 2014) was a writer, actor and activist. She was born in Yugoslavia and reared in East Chicago, Indiana. Best known for her starring role in Éric Rohmer's early film ' (1964), she was the author of the p ...

(1939–2014), Serbian-American writer, filmmaker, actress and activist *

Nadja Tiller Nadja Tiller (16 March 1929 – 21 February 2023) was an Austrian actress in film, television, and on stage. She was one of the most popular German-speaking actresses in the international cinema of the 1950s and 1960s, receiving international re ...

(1929–2023), Austrian actress *

Nadja Uhl Nadja Uhl (; born 23 May 1972) is a German actress. Uhl grew up in the town of Franzburg, near her birth city of Stralsund. She lived with her mother in a three-generation house, shared with aunts and her grandparents, who had moved in sh ...

(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 Nadja may refer to: * Nadja (given name) * Nadja, pen-name of Louisa Nadia Green (1896—1934), British poet * ''Nadja'' (novel), 1928 surrealist novel by André Breton * ''Nadja'' (film), 1994 vampire film by Michael Almereyda * Nadja (band), ...

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 is a romance anime produced by Toei Animation and aired between February 2, 2003 and January 25, 2004 on ABC, TV Asahi and other ANN affiliates. A manga version, written by Izumi Todo and drawn by Yui Ayumi, was serialized by Kodansha in th ...

'' * Nadja Nilsson, a fictional character in the ''Bert diaries'' * Nadja, vampire character in the TV series ''

What We Do in the Shadows ''What We Do in the Shadows'' is a 2014 New Zealand mockumentary comedy horror film written and directed by Jemaine Clement and Taika Waititi and the first installment in the ''What We Do in the Shadows'' franchise. The film also stars Cleme ...

'' *Nadja Chamack, a character in the animated series '' Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug and Cat Noir'' *

Arle Nadja Arle may refer to: Places * Arle, Cheltenham, a district of Gloucestershire, England * Arle Grove, a nature reserve in Gloucestershire, England * River Arle, alternative name for the River Alre, Hampshire, England * Arle, Occitan-language name fo ...

, 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 ...

franchise.

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