Nadia

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Nadya in US United States, ID Indonesia, ES Spain and 7 more, Nadja in BR Brazil, NO Norway, SE Sweden and 4 more, נדיה in FR France, UA Ukraine and Nadiah in MY Malaysia, SG Singapore.

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◐

Nadia is also recorded as 6 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• French given name601K records spelled Nadia7 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in France

  Also written Nádia, Nàdià, Nàdia, Nadîa, Nàdiä

• Hindi given name151K records spelled Nadia24 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in India, Bangladesh

  Languages: Hindi, Bangla

  Also written নাদিয়া, Nadiia, Nàdia, নাদিযা, Ñâdïã

• Indonesian given name94K records spelled Nadia11 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Indonesia

  Also written 'Nadia, Nadia', Nàdia, Nádia, Nádîá

• a separate name20K records spelled Nadia2 spellings in the group

  Also written Nàdia

• a separate given name17K records spelled Nadia9 spellings in the group

  Also written Nádia, Nadìâ, Nadi︠a︡, Nadiá, Nadía

• Estonian name5.2K records spelled Nadia11 spellings in the group

  Also written Ñadia, Nadía, Ñãdia, Nádia, Nädîã

75 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●

Nadia is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In French, Slavic name from the root for 'hope', used as a short form of Nadezhda.

  as a name·Le grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)

• French and English spelling of Russian Nadya (a pet form of Nadezhda ‘hope’). This name has enjoyed a considerable vogue in the English-speaking world in the 20th century. Variants: Nancie, Nanci. Short forms: Nan, Nance.

  as a name·A concise dictionary of first names

• Time of promise

  as a name·The book of African names

• In French, Forme espagnole de Nadège; d’origine slave via le russe, liée à « espérance ».

  as a name·Le grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)

• In French, Pet form of Nadejda; 'hope'.

  as a name·Dictionnaire généalogique des prénoms

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●

US SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) — 114 years between 1911–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Nadia Boulangerb. 1887FRFrench musician, conductor, and teacher (1887-1979)
• Nadezhda Alliluyevab. 1901AZnot in their usual namesecond wife of Joseph Stalin
• Nadezhda Olizarenkob. 1953UAnot in their usual nameSoviet-Ukrainian middle-distance runner
• Nadia Comănecib. 1961RORomanian gymnast and five-time Olympic gold medalist (born 1961)
• Nadia Alib. 1980USAmerican singer-songwriter
• Nadia Meiherb. 1982UAUkrainian singer
• Nadia Nadimb. 1988AFDanish footballer
• Nadia Hilkerb. 1988DEGerman actress
• Nadia Muradb. 1993IQYazidi human rights activist from Iraq and winner of the 2018 Nobel Peace Prize
• Nadia Battoclettib. 2000ITItalian athlete

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 · 1,671 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Nadia?

We estimate roughly 273 thousand people bear Nadia (counting its spellings and scripts) across 13 countries in our records.

In which country does Nadia have the most bearers?

We estimate about 74 thousand people bear Nadia in France, more than in any other country in our records, where it is most often spelled נדיה.

Where is Nadia most common?

Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Nadia is densest in Poland — about 1 in 688 people — even though France holds more of our records for it.

How common is Nadia compared with other names?

In Malaysia, Nadia is the 196th most common given name of 325,158 given names recorded there.

What does the name Nadia mean?

Recorded meaning: Muslim name (Sudan): 'full of dew'; also Eastern European/Nadine: 'hope'