Nadejda

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Надежда in RU Russia, KZ Kazakhstan, BG Bulgaria and 7 more, Nadezhda in FR France, US United States, ES Spain and 2 more, Nadiia in PL Poland, NO Norway, DK Denmark and 1 more and Nadija in BR Brazil, HR Croatia, AT Austria.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 11 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Nadejda is also recorded as 3 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• French given name1.7K records spelled Nadejda4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in France, Belgium, United States, Russia

  Also written Nadeschda, Nadéjda, Nadèjda

• a separate given name341 records spelled Nadejda2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Russia, Moldova, United Kingdom

  Also written Naḋejda

• Kazakh given name82 records spelled Nadejda4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, Russia, Ukraine

  Languages: Kazakh, Kyrgyz

  Also written Ñadejda

24 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Nadejda is also recorded in 2 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In Russian, de elpis, espoir, espérance.

  as a name·Russian Names

• In French, A transliteration of the Russian female given name Наде́жда (Nadéžda, “hope”)

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

SE SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) — 22 years between 1999–2020. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Nadezhda Krupskaiab. 1869RUnot in their usual nameRussian revolutionary and politician (1869–1939)
• Nadežda Petrovićb. 1873RSnot in their usual nameSerbian artist (1873-1915)
• Nadezhda Mandelstamb. 1899RUnot in their usual nameRussian writer and educator
• Nadezhda Alliluyevab. 1901AZnot in their usual namesecond wife of Joseph Stalin
• Nadezhda Chizhovab. 1945RUnot in their usual nameSoviet athlete
• Nadezhda Pavlovab. 1956RUnot in their usual nameSoviet and Russian ballet dancer
• Nadezhda Markinab. 1959RUnot in their usual nameSoviet and Russian actress
• Nadia Petrovab. 1982RUnot in their usual nameRussian tennis player
• Nadieżda Michałkowab. 1986RUnot in their usual nameRussian actress
• Nadezhda Tolokonnikovab. 1989RUnot in their usual nameRussian political activist and musician

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 108 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Nadejda?

We estimate roughly 381 thousand people bear Nadejda (counting its spellings and scripts) across 17 countries in our records.

In which country does Nadejda have the most bearers?

Nadejda is most frequently recorded in Russia, where it is most often spelled надежда.

How common is Nadejda compared with other names?

In Russia, Nadejda is the 26th most common given name of 418,751 given names recorded there.

Is Nadejda a male or female name?

Nadejda is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.

What does the name Nadejda mean?

Recorded meaning: Slavic name meaning 'hope'.