Nadia

See also: Nádia

English

Etymology

Originally the French spelling of На́дя (Nádja), an informal Russian pet form of the virtue name Наде́жда (Nadéžda, “Nadezhda”, literally “Hope”).

Proper noun

Nadia

1. A female given name from Russian used since the twentieth century.

Related terms

• Nadine

Translations

female given name

• Arabic: نَادْيَا f (nadyā), نَادْيَة f (nādya)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 娜迪亞／娜迪亚, 娜迪亚 (Nàdíyà)

• Czech: Naďa (cs) f
• Danish: Nadia
• Finnish: Nadja (fi)
• French: Nadia (fr)
• German: Nadja (de)
• Greek: Νάντια (el) f (Nántia)
• Hindi: नादिया (hi) f (nādiyā)
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• Hungarian: Nádja (hu)
• Japanese: ナディア (Nadia)
• Korean: 나디아 (Nadia)
• Persian: نادیا (nâdiyâ)
• Polish: Nadia (pl) f
• Portuguese: Nádia (pt) f
• Russian: На́дя (ru) f (Nádja) (pet form only, short for Надежда - Nadezhda)
• Swedish: Nadja (sv)
• Tamil: நட்டீயா (naṭṭīyā)

Anagrams

• Adina, Aidan, Andai, Diana, IANAD, Ida'an, Naiad, naiad

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Danish

Alternative forms

• Nadja

Proper noun

Nadia

1. a female given name from Russian of Russian origin
   • 2011, Line Kyed Knudsen, Stella 4 - Kæresten, [1]:

     Nadia rømmer sig.

     Nadia clears her throat.

   • 2014, Annie Mai Nielsen, Det fjerde skud, [2]:

     Nadia, der er sket noget forfærdeligt.

     Nadia, something terrible has happened.

   • 2015, Jeppe Krogsgaard Christensen, Indre by, [3]:

     Nadia beder om grøn te og beklager forsinkelsen.

     Nadia requests green tea and apologizes for the delay.

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Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French Nadia, from Russian На́дя (Nádja), pet form of Наде́жда (Nadéžda).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnaː.di.aː/
• Hyphenation: Na‧dia

Proper noun

Nadia f

1. a female given name

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /na.dja/

Proper noun

Nadia f

1. a female given name from Russian of Russian origin

Related terms

• Nadège
• Nadine

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German

Proper noun

Nadia f

1. a female given name, a French-style variant of Nadja
   • 2004, Svenja Becker (translator), Isabel Allende, Die Abenteuer von Aguila und Jaguar, [4]:

     Diese sah Alex und Nadia aus ihren klugen und neugierigen Augen an.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

   • 2008, Christoph Stangl, Aidan und Nadia: Die Nebelschlucht
   • 2013, Paul Berf (translator), Kjell Westö, Geh nicht einsam in die Nacht, [5]:

     Nadia und ihr Freundeskreis hatten sich im Verlauf des vergangenen Jahres radikalisiert, was man auch an ihrem Äußeren sah.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Related terms

• Nadeschda, Nadjeschda
• Nadin
• Nadine

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Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian На́дя (Nádja).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈna.dja/
• Rhymes: -adja
• Hyphenation: Nà‧dia

Proper noun

Nadia f

1. a female given name from Russian

Anagrams

• Diana, andai, danai

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Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian На́дя (Nádja), diminutive of Наде́жда (Nadéžda, “Hope”), also present as Nadzieja.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈna.dja/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -adja
• Syllabification: Na‧dia

Proper noun

Nadia f

1. a female given name from Russian, equivalent to English Nadia

Declension

Declension of Nadia

	singular	plural
nominative	Nadia	Nadie
genitive	Nadii	Nadii/Nadyj (archaic)
dative	Nadii	Nadiom
accusative	Nadię	Nadie
instrumental	Nadią	Nadiami
locative	Nadii	Nadiach
vocative	Nadio	Nadie

Further reading

• Nadia in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• Nadia in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from English Nadia, from Russian На́дя (Nádja).

Proper noun

Nadia

1. a female given name from English