Nadezhda
/nədʲˈeʐ.də/noun
A Slavic feminine given name meaning “hope.”
Did you know?Nadezhda comes from the same ancient Indo-European root behind Latin *spes* and English *expect*, tying a simple name to one of humanity’s oldest words for anticipation.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*speḱ-
“to look, observe, expect”
Proto-Slavic
Slavic
*naděja
“hope, expectation”
Old Church Slavonic
OCS
надежда (naděžda)
“hope”
Russian
Russian
Надежда (Nadezhda)
“hope; also used as a feminine personal name”
Modern English
English
Nadezhda
“a Russian and other Slavic feminine given name meaning hope”