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”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnɑ.di.ə/
• Rhymes: -ɑːdiə

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 (nādyā), نَادْيَة f (nādya)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 娜迪亞／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)
• 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

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.

Dutch

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnaː.di.aː/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: Na‧dia

Proper noun

Nadia f

1. a female given name

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /na.dja/

Proper noun

Nadia f

1. a female given name from Russian На́дя (Nádja)
2. a female given name from Arabic نَادِيَا (nādiyā)

Related terms

• Nadège
• Nadine

German

Proper noun

Nadia f

1. a female given name, a French-style variant of Nadja
   • 2004, Isabel Allende, translated by Svenja Becker, 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^[5]:
   • 2013, Kjell Westö, translated by Paul Berf, Geh nicht einsam in die Nacht‎^[6]:

     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

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

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 Polish dictionaries at PWN

Tagalog

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈnadja/ [ˈna.d͡ʒɐ]
• Rhymes: -adja
• Syllabification: Nad‧ia

Proper noun

Nadia (Baybayin spelling ᜈᜇ᜔ᜌ)

1. a female given name from English