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The baby name Nadia is a Female name , 3 syllables long and is pronounced /ˈnɑːdiə/ (NAH-dee-uh),/ˈneɪdiə/ (NAY-dee-uh).

Nadia is Slavic in Origin.

Gender: Female
Syllables: 3.0
Origin: Slavic
Pronunciation: /ˈnɑːdiə/ (NAH-dee-uh),/ˈneɪdiə/ (NAY-dee-uh)

What is the meaning of the name Nadia ?

The baby name Nadia is a Female name , 3 syllables long and is pronounced /ˈnɑːdiə/ (NAH-dee-uh),/ˈneɪdiə/ (NAY-dee-uh).

Nadia is Slavic in Origin.

Nadia is chiefly the East Slavic pet form of Nadezhda (Russian Надежда) and Ukrainian Nadiia (Надія), both from Church Slavonic nadezhda, “hope.” It therefore carries the uplifting sense of hope or expectation. In Arabic-speaking contexts, Nadia overlaps with Nadiyah/Nadiyya (ندية), from a root meaning “tender, delicate, dewy,” and is sometimes linked to Nādiya from nidāʾ, “caller” or “announcer,” giving the name layered cross-cultural meanings.

The name appears across Eastern Europe and the Balkans, then spread widely in the 20th century through Russian literature, migration, and the global fame of Romanian gymnast Nadia Comăneci in 1976. Common variants and cognates include Nadya, Nadja, Nadjia, Nadiya/Nadiia, Nádia (Portuguese), Naďa (Czech/Slovak), Nadejda/Nadezhda, and French Nadège; Nadine is a related French derivative. Typical pronunciations are NAH-dee-ə and NAHD-yah, with regional shifts. Nadia remains a pan-European and Middle Eastern favorite with a simple, cosmopolitan profile.

Nadia has the following similar or variant Names

Famous people with the name Nadia

Nadia Bjorlin Actor · Born 1980 · United States Nadia Bjorlin is an American actress, model, and singer best known for playing Chloe Lane on the soap opera Days of Our Lives. She has also appeared in 2 Broke Girls and Venice: The Series. Nadia Hasnaoui Actor · Born 1963 · Norway Nadia Hasnaoui is best known as a Norwegian television presenter. Born in Morocco in 1963, she became a familiar face on Norwegian TV. Nadia Hilker Actor · Born 1988 · Germany Nadia Hilker is a German actress best known for playing Magna on The Walking Dead. She’s also known for her roles in Spring and The 100.
Nadia Gamal Actor · Born 1934 · Egypt Nadia Gamal was an Egyptian dancer and actress best known for blending traditional Egyptian belly dance with Western styles like the waltz, cha-cha, and cowboy dance. Active in the mid-20th century, she became known for creating a distinctive performance style that mixed local and international influences. Nadia Farès Actor · Born 1968 · France Nadia Farès is a French actress best known for films like The Crimson Rivers and Wasabi. Born on 20 December 1968, she made her film debut in 1992 with My Wife's Girlfriends. Nadia Cassini Actor · Born 1949 · United States Nadia Cassini was best known for her roles in Italian exploitation comedies, especially the commedia sexy all'italiana films of the late 1970s. Born Gianna Lou Cassini, she was an American-Italian actress, singer, and showgirl who appeared in movies like L'insegnante balla... con tutta la classe, La liceale seduce i professori, and Io zombo, tu zombi, lei zomba.

Nadia – Popularity by country

Based on birth registration data from national statistics agencies.

Country Gender Year Rank Born of
Ireland Girls 2025 #1 — 874
Germany Girls 2025 #1 — 411
HT Girls 0 #4 23 950
BI Girls 0 #12 22 726
BI 0 #12 1 425
BF Girls 0 #16 2 315
NA 0 #20 14 2,537
AE Girls 0 #23 1,662 20,968
DJ Girls 0 #25 5 488
BN 0 #26 7 2,297
BD Girls 0 #29 1,062 8,413
JO Girls 0 #30 1,910 7,570
ID 0 #31 9 2,238
MV Girls 0 #32 4 2,021
MD 0 #33 2 434
AF Girls 0 #34 70 2,402
EE 0 #34 4 1,051
HT Boys 0 #34 1 903
SD Girls 0 #34 1,429 7,678
OM Girls 0 #35 816 15,987
TM Girls 0 #35 1 574
HN Girls 0 #36 3 884
QA Girls 0 #36 486 15,378
CM 0 #37 19 2,592
SA Girls 0 #37 5,025 25,931
MY Girls 0 #38 4,928 24,821
MT 0 #40 4 1,767
EG Girls 0 #41 28,362 14,742
BG 0 #44 37 1,799
KW Girls 0 #46 1,012 19,177
BN Girls 0 #47 62 5,459
MO 0 #47 6 2,706
MA 0 #48 39,954 20,986
IT Girls 0 #49 58,112 9,415
CY 0 #50 10 1,632
LU Girls 0 #51 175 4,850
LU 0 #51 16 2,830
PR 0 #53 3 1,497
CY Girls 0 #54 73 3,755
MT Girls 0 #55 108 3,773
AF 0 #56 21 1,883
BG Girls 0 #56 248 3,559
GR Girls 0 #56 284 6,293
MY 0 #58 370 12,352
IQ Girls 0 #59 1,416 11,303
ZA 0 #61 562 14,421
AO 0 #63 14 2,729
PS Girls 0 #64 1,310 10,981
ID Girls 0 #65 34 3,319
KW 0 #69 48 5,216
MD Girls 0 #69 22 865
QA 0 #69 32 7,011
AL 0 #70 7 2,372
IN 0 #70 2 2,963
AZ Girls 0 #74 2 1,051
JM 0 #74 14 3,714
AE 0 #75 104 10,220
JP 0 #77 1 4,057
OM 0 #77 40 6,215
JO 0 #79 62 2,158
DK Girls 0 #80 527 7,429
CN 0 #81 6 3,857
SD 0 #81 20 2,130
TN 0 #82 7,642 13,765
LY 0 #83 1,119 12,703
AO Girls 0 #84 150 4,575
IQ 0 #89 41 3,533
GR 0 #91 44 3,911
KZ 0 #91 4 1,452
SY 0 #91 2,745 11,684
DZ 0 #92 9,676 20,130
IL Girls 0 #92 1,476 11,648
TW 0 #96 8 4,523
BD 0 #97 148 5,992
AR Girls 0 #99 1,856 8,289
CM Girls 0 #99 1,088 11,671
EG 0 #99 840 6,387
LB 0 #99 1,713 13,263
AR 0 #102 86 2,915
GE Girls 0 #103 6 1,564
PH 0 #103 8 5,607
UY Girls 0 #105 1,211 6,731
UY 0 #108 73 2,477
NA Girls 0 #109 122 7,146
ZA Girls 0 #111 4,738 25,928
HU 0 #113 3 1,675
IT 0 #114 2,832 4,183
Norway Girls 2025 #116 11 453
EC 0 #116 6 2,502
PL Girls 0 #118 886 5,096
DK 0 #122 90 5,198
EE Girls 0 #123 16 1,888
MU 0 #123 14 3,613
Switzerland Girls 2024 #125 11 1,786
RU Girls 0 #125 988 11,913
PA 0 #131 8 3,797
RS Girls 0 #132 6 1,651
ID Boys 0 #133 3 4,130
BW Girls 0 #134 15 4,216
RU 0 #134 57 3,641
SA 0 #138 169 10,560
JM Girls 0 #142 134 7,507
PS 0 #145 74 5,692
Sweden Girls 2022 #151 29 1,568
MU Girls 0 #151 223 8,539
CR 0 #159 7 5,526
PR Girls 0 #160 8 3,171
Spain Girls 0 #165 3,826 5,561
PT Girls 0 #165 590 7,952
Belgium Girls 2024 #166 20 424
LT Girls 0 #167 28 1,904
SI Girls 0 #173 5 2,769
YE 0 #173 279 8,639
HR 0 #177 5 2,081
CL Girls 0 #179 2,452 14,098
MT Boys 0 #179 1 4,064
CZ 0 #180 7 3,154
NL Girls 0 #186 2,117 5,933
TW Girls 0 #186 94 8,139
IL 0 #191 86 6,291
IR Girls 0 #194 510 8,334
MX 0 #194 250 8,339
AL Girls 0 #196 27 4,141
PL 0 #196 17 2,600
Austria 0 #199 15 850
EC Girls 0 #200 40 3,650
BH 0 #202 447 17,937
GH Girls 0 #203 141 6,973
PT 0 #208 39 4,161
SG 0 #212 58 11,010
IR 0 #215 15 4,221
JP Girls 0 #215 31 6,592
GH 0 #218 26 5,396
BG Boys 0 #219 2 3,850
HU Girls 0 #220 6 3,308
LU Boys 0 #220 1 4,970
MX Girls 0 #222 4,264 17,781
PA Girls 0 #226 305 9,861
Canada Girls 2024 #228 58 2,795
PE 0 #229 82 6,350
NL 0 #230 172 2,481
CL 0 #235 207 6,867
MO Girls 0 #237 15 7,056
HR Girls 0 #241 49 3,687
KZ Girls 0 #241 81 5,862
EC Boys 0 #245 2 3,322
SG Girls 0 #246 434 18,916
AO Boys 0 #249 1 5,568
NA Boys 0 #251 3 6,830
TW Boys 0 #255 2 7,111
BO Girls 0 #267 511 9,488
AF Boys 0 #268 7 3,535
Spain 0 #268 200 2,326
GR Boys 0 #270 4 6,912
NG 0 #271 2 5,926
Austria Girls 0 #276 151 1,885
CZ Girls 0 #279 64 5,378
BR 0 #283 63 5,969
PE Girls 0 #284 1,548 14,861
JM Boys 0 #292 2 6,876
CN Girls 0 #295 55 8,829
Finland Girls 0 #295 99 1,368
KZ Boys 0 #295 2 6,578
GT 0 #299 16 5,948
AL Boys 0 #301 3 5,122
CZ Boys 0 #305 1 6,530
BO 0 #316 66 6,868
HK 0 #324 25 8,483
PL Boys 0 #326 10 6,459
BR Girls 0 #327 1,276 12,708
Germany Girls 0 #335 818 4,949
France Girls 2021 #345 61 3,185
JO Boys 0 #346 32 7,057
PH Girls 0 #346 45 13,098
Germany 0 #356 83 2,542
GH Boys 0 #358 4 8,138
MU Boys 0 #368 2 8,477
PT Boys 0 #377 5 7,951
CO 0 #383 98 7,768
UY Boys 0 #383 17 5,922
GT Girls 0 #405 101 7,500
SD Boys 0 #405 41 10,523
CR Girls 0 #416 117 11,342
HK Girls 0 #423 196 16,104
United States Girls 2024 #424 598 8,487
AR Boys 0 #446 22 7,628
EG Boys 0 #455 561 15,035
Finland Girls 2026 #478 346 3,895
RU Boys 0 #494 12 12,621
GT Boys 0 #495 5 7,625
CM Boys 0 #498 53 12,054
PA Boys 0 #502 4 9,305
CO Girls 0 #508 873 16,140
CR Boys 0 #509 2 10,188
BD Boys 0 #521 56 10,045
PS Boys 0 #524 25 10,655
IR Boys 0 #541 12 10,162
HK Boys 0 #555 3 12,905
IL Boys 0 #588 20 10,983
IN Girls 0 #594 38 13,121
IQ Boys 0 #606 62 13,071
BO Boys 0 #617 6 9,244
CL Boys 0 #641 25 13,390
NG Girls 0 #677 110 15,093
QA Boys 0 #684 24 18,093
KW Boys 0 #728 42 18,755
BR Boys 0 #732 20 12,213
SG Boys 0 #732 8 17,960
OM Boys 0 #789 93 17,948
TR 0 #851 398 19,440
PE Boys 0 #857 22 14,506
United States Boys 2009 #875 5 7,454
Spain Boys 0 #889 42 5,610
CO Boys 0 #902 19 15,656
NL Boys 0 #930 22 5,873
MX Boys 0 #940 43 16,355
Germany Boys 0 #941 12 5,697
MY Boys 0 #978 134 25,439
IN Boys 0 #992 10 16,750
NG Boys 0 #999 3 16,906
AE Boys 0 #1,002 91 22,615
ZA Boys 0 #1,126 53 25,619
IT Boys 0 #1,138 336 10,046
SA Boys 0 #1,152 492 28,008

Nadia is popular in 97 countries — most recent births per country:

France
Norway
Ireland
Scotland, United Kingdom
Canada

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People also ask about Nadia

Nadia is predominantly a girl's name.
Nadia is a 3 syllable name, pronounced /ˈnɑːdiə/ (NAH-dee-uh),/ˈneɪdiə/ (NAY-dee-uh).
Common nicknames and spelling variations include Nadiya, Nadiia, Nadya, Nadja, Nadezhda and Nadine.
Across languages, Nadia has these equivalents: Nadezhda (Russian), Nadiya / Nadiia (Ukrainian), Hope (English), Esperanza (Spanish), Espérance (French).
Yes, very popular — Nadia ranked #1 in Ireland in 2025, and appears in official birth registries across 11 countries.
Nadia ranks highest in Ireland (#1 in 2025).
Nadia's popularity is declining significantly. It moved from #326 in 2011 to #345 in 2021 in France.
Yes — 12 notable people named Nadia are in our database, including Nadia Bjorlin (Actor), Nadia Hasnaoui (Actor), Nadia Hilker (Actor).