The baby name Nadezda is a Female name , 3 syllables long and is pronounced Russian IPA: /nɐˈdʲezdə/; Anglicized IPA: /nəˈdɛzdə/; common approximation: nah-DEZ-dah (stress on the 2nd syllable).
Nadezda is Slavic in Origin.
The baby name Nadezda is a Female name , 3 syllables long and is pronounced Russian IPA: /nɐˈdʲezdə/; Anglicized IPA: /nəˈdɛzdə/; common approximation: nah-DEZ-dah (stress on the 2nd syllable).
Nadezda is Slavic in Origin.
Nadezda is a Slavic feminine name meaning “hope,” from Proto‑Slavic naděja and the Church Slavonic/Old Russian noun nadežda ‘hope.’ It spread widely across Eastern Europe through Orthodox Christian tradition honoring the martyrs Faith (Vera), Hope (Nadezhda), and Love (Lyubov), and remained popular into the 19th–20th centuries. Well-known bearers include Nadezhda Durova, cavalry heroine; Nadezhda Krupskaya, educator and Lenin’s wife; Nadezhda von Meck, Tchaikovsky’s patron; and memoirist Nadezhda Mandelstam. Common English approximation is nah-DEZH-dah.
Variants reflect language and transliteration: Nadezhda (Russian, Bulgarian), Nadežda (Serbian, Slovene, Slovak), Naděžda (Czech), Nadzeya (Belarusian), Nadiia/Nadiya (Ukrainian), and Nadzieja (Polish). Diminutives and short forms include Nadya/Nadia/Nadja, Naďa (Czech/Slovak), and Nađa (Serbian). The simplified Latin form Nadezda appears where ž or zh is omitted. Internationally, Nadia has become an independent given name while retaining the same hopeful meaning.
Based on birth registration data from national statistics agencies.
| Country | Gender | Year | Rank | Born | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TM | Girls | 0 | #34 | 2 | 574 |
| EE | 0 | #35 | 3 | 1,051 | |
| EE | Girls | 0 | #38 | 128 | 1,888 |
| CY | 0 | #59 | 2 | 1,632 | |
| LU | 0 | #65 | 2 | 2,830 | |
| SI | 0 | #80 | 1 | 1,612 | |
| LT | 0 | #86 | 3 | 949 | |
| KZ | 0 | #93 | 2 | 1,452 | |
| RS | Girls | 0 | #119 | 17 | 1,651 |
| CY | Girls | 0 | #122 | 4 | 3,755 |
| EE | Boys | 0 | #125 | 1 | 2,087 |
| LT | Girls | 0 | #127 | 74 | 1,904 |
| GR | 0 | #135 | 1 | 3,911 | |
| RU | Girls | 0 | #143 | 802 | 11,913 |
| RU | 0 | #148 | 42 | 3,641 | |
| LT | Boys | 0 | #150 | 2 | 2,166 |
| RS | Boys | 0 | #154 | 1 | 2,277 |
| SI | Girls | 0 | #177 | 1 | 2,769 |
| CZ | 0 | #186 | 1 | 3,154 | |
| AE | 0 | #187 | 1 | 10,220 | |
| LU | Girls | 0 | #190 | 1 | 4,850 |
| BG | Girls | 0 | #214 | 10 | 3,559 |
| PS | 0 | #224 | 3 | 5,692 | |
| IR | 0 | #229 | 3 | 4,221 | |
| NA | Girls | 0 | #236 | 2 | 7,146 |
| GR | Girls | 0 | #242 | 8 | 6,293 |
| JP | Girls | 0 | #248 | 4 | 6,592 |
| MO | Girls | 0 | #263 | 1 | 7,056 |
| CZ | Girls | 0 | #275 | 68 | 5,378 |
| IL | 0 | #280 | 3 | 6,291 | |
| HR | Girls | 0 | #292 | 3 | 3,687 |
| KZ | Girls | 0 | #294 | 27 | 5,862 |
| CZ | Boys | 0 | #304 | 2 | 6,530 |
| DK | Girls | 0 | #328 | 2 | 7,429 |
| Finland | Girls | 0 | #360 | 32 | 1,368 |
| PL | Girls | 0 | #363 | 2 | 5,096 |
| Austria | Girls | 0 | #410 | 11 | 1,885 |
| MX | 0 | #445 | 1 | 8,339 | |
| IR | Girls | 0 | #447 | 84 | 8,334 |
| PT | Girls | 0 | #468 | 4 | 7,952 |
| PS | Girls | 0 | #502 | 22 | 10,981 |
| RU | Boys | 0 | #523 | 4 | 12,621 |
| Finland | Girls | 2026 | #535 | 240 | 3,895 |
| KW | Girls | 0 | #561 | 1 | 19,177 |
| IR | Boys | 0 | #564 | 2 | 10,162 |
| BH | 0 | #587 | 1 | 17,937 | |
| IL | Girls | 0 | #587 | 31 | 11,648 |
| AE | Girls | 0 | #592 | 6 | 20,968 |
| SG | Girls | 0 | #631 | 2 | 18,916 |
| BO | Girls | 0 | #649 | 3 | 9,488 |
| HK | Girls | 0 | #650 | 1 | 16,104 |
| LB | 0 | #690 | 1 | 13,263 | |
| Germany | Girls | 0 | #792 | 47 | 4,949 |
| NL | Girls | 0 | #943 | 13 | 5,933 |
| Spain | Girls | 0 | #945 | 39 | 5,561 |
| EG | Girls | 0 | #1,007 | 3 | 14,742 |
| CO | Girls | 0 | #1,147 | 6 | 16,140 |
| ZA | Girls | 0 | #1,236 | 1 | 25,928 |
| TR | 0 | #1,251 | 4 | 19,440 | |
| IT | Girls | 0 | #1,324 | 123 | 9,415 |
Nadezda is popular in 40 countries — most recent births per country:
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