Nadine

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Nalini in IN India, AT Austria, NL Netherlands and 5 more and นลินี in TH Thailand.

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 12 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◐

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

• English given name938K records spelled Nadine38 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Germany, Austria, United Kingdom

  Languages: English, German, Dutch

  Also written Nadiné, Nadinè, Nádine, Ñadĩnĕ, Nàdine

• Russian given name7.5K records spelled Nadine40 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Russia, Poland, United States, Czechia

  Languages: Russian, Polish, Czech

  Also written Надин, Nadin, Надеен, Надін, Nadeen

• Indonesian given name5.0K records spelled Nadine4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Indonesia, United States, Philippines, Malaysia

  Languages: Indonesian, Malay

  Also written 'Nadine, Ňăďiņę

• Finnish given name3.0K records spelled Nadine6 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Finland, Hungary, United States, United Kingdom

  Languages: Finnish, Hungarian, Estonian

  Also written Nádiné, ًNadine, Nadinè

• Turkish given name1.2K records spelled Nadine5 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Türkiye, United States, Netherlands, United Kingdom

  Languages: Turkish, Azerbaijani

  Also written Nadinè, Nadíne, Nadīne

• Korean given name1.0K records spelled Nadine3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, South Korea, United Kingdom, Canada

  Also written Nadin, 나딘

72 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●

Nadine 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.

• 2 French elaboration of Nadia. Many names of Russian origin became established in France and elsewhere in the early 20th century as a result of the popularity of the Ballet Russe, established in Paris by Diaghilev in 1909. Nanette ° Elaboration of Nan, with the addition of the French feminine diminutive suffix -ette.

  as a name·A concise dictionary of first names

• French elaboration of NADIA. See main dictionary.

  as a name·A concise dictionary of first names

• In English, A female given name from French, a French diminutive form of Nadia.

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

• In French, a female given name, a diminutive of Nadia

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

• In French, Origine slave, signifie « espérance »; forme liée au russe Nadejda.

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

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) — 139 years between 1887–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Nadine Gordimerb. 1923ZASouth African writer (1923–2014)
• Suzanne Vegab. 1959USnot in their usual nameAmerican singer-songwriter
• Alanis Morissetteb. 1974CAnot in their usual nameCanadian-American singer (born 1974)
• Nadine Labakib. 1974LBLebanese actress and film director
• Nadine Velazquezb. 1978USAmerican actress and model
• Nadine Angererb. 1978DEGerman footballer
• Nadine Coyleb. 1985GBIrish singer and actress
• Nadine Keßlerb. 1988DEGerman soccer player
• Nadine Sierrab. 1988USAmerican operatic soprano
• Nadine Beilerb. 1990ATAustrian singer

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 · 1,214 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Nadine?

We estimate roughly 180 thousand people bear Nadine (counting its spellings and scripts) across 9 countries in our records.

In which country does Nadine have the most bearers?

Nadine is most frequently recorded in India, where it is most often spelled nalini.

Where is Nadine most common?

Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Nadine is densest in France — about 1 in 515 people — even though India holds more of our records for it.

How common is Nadine compared with other names?

In Guyana, Nadine is the 38th most common given name of 22,162 given names recorded there.

Is Nadine a male or female name?

Nadine 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 Nadine mean?

Recorded meaning: French diminutive of Nadia/Nadezhda, from Slavic 'hope'.