Nadia
/ˈnɑː.di.ə/noun
A feminine given name used in several languages, often associated with hope.
Did you know?Nadia is commonly treated as a Slavic name linked to the Russian word for “hope,” but it also overlaps with the Arabic name Nādia/Nadiya, meaning “tender” or “delicate,” giving it a layered cross-cultural life.
Etymological Timeline
Ancient Greek
Greek
ἐλπίς (elpís)
“Hope, expectation”
Old Church Slavonic
OCS
надежда (naděžda)
“Hope”
Russian
Russian
Надежда (Nadezhda)
“Hope, also used as a female given name”
Modern English
English
Nadia
“A feminine given name borrowed through Slavic and other language traditions”