Meaning

A female given name from Russian used since the twentieth century.

Translations

Nadia

Nadia

نَادْيَا

Nadia

Νάντια

نادي

نَادْيَة

Frequency

C1
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈnɑ.di.ə/
Etymology

Originally the French spelling of На́дя (Nádja), an informal Russian pet form of the virtue name Наде́жда (Nadéžda, “Nadezhda, Nadyezhda”, literally “Hope”), from наде́жда (nadéžda, “hope”), entered as a translation of the Ancient Greek word from ἐλπίς (elpís, “hope”) with the same meaning. See also Ἐλπίς (Elpís, “Elpis”).

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