Nadia Explained

Nadia
Gender:	female
Origin:	Arabic, Slavic
Pronunciation:	^[1] or ^[2]
Meaning:	Delicate, fragile, hope

Nadia is a female name. Variations include Nadja, Nadya, Nadine, Nadiya, and Nadiia. Most variations of the name are derived from Arabic, Slavic languages, or both.

In many Slavic languages, names similar to Nadia mean "hope": Ukrainian Nadiya (Надія, accent on the i), Czech Naďa, Belarusian Nadzieja (Надзея, accent on the e), and Old Polish Nadzieja, all of which are derived from Proto-Slavic *naděja, the first three from Old East Slavic. In Bulgarian and Russian, on the other hand, Nadia or Nadya (Надя, accent on first syllable) is the diminutive form of the full name Nadyezhda (Надежда), meaning "hope" and derived from Old Church Slavonic, which it entered as a translation of the Greek word ἐλπίς (Elpis), with the same meaning.

In Arabic, the name is Nadiyyah, meaning "tender" and "delicate."^[3] In the Dan language, the word Nãdienã simply means "girl".^[4]

People

Notable people with the name Nadia include:

Academics

Nadia Abu El Haj (born 1962), assistant professor at Barnard College
Nadia E. Brown, American political scientist
Nadia Makram Ebeid, Egyptian academic
Nadia Ghazzali (born 1961), Moroccan-Canadian statistician and university administrator
Nadia Hohn, Canadian educator and author
Nadia Yala Kisukidi (born 1978), French philosopher, writer and academic
Nadia Lapusta, professor of mechanical engineering and geophysics
Nadia Maftouni (born 1966), Iranian philosopher and artist
Nadia Nurhussein (born 1974), American academic
Nadia Robotti, Italian historian of physics
Nadia Rosenthal (born 1953), scientist who specializes in heart development related research
Nadia Magnenat Thalmann (born 1946), computer graphics scientist and founder and head of MIRALab at the University of Geneva
Nadia Zakamska, Russian-American astronomer and professor at Johns Hopkins University

Athletes

Nadia Abdalá (born 1988), Mexican professional tennis player
Nadia Akpana Assa (born 1995), Norwegian long jumper
Nadia Al-Hindi (born 1972), Jordanian table tennis player
Nadia Assaf (born 1985), Lebanese football manager and former football and futsal player
Nadia Báez (born 1989), Argentine Paralympic swimmer
Nadia Battocletti (born 2000), Italian long-distance runner
Nadia Belakhdar (born 1991), Algerian handball player
Nadia Ben Azizi (born 2002), Tunisian fencer
Nádia Bento de Lima (born 1966), Brazilian basketball player
Nadia von Bertouch (born 1995), Australian rules footballer
Nadia Bisiach (born 1965), Australian table tennis player
Nadia Bonfini (born 1965), Italian alpine skier
Nadia Bordon (born 1988), Argentine handball player
Nadia Centoni (born 1981), Italian volleyball player
Nadia Colón (born 2002), Dominican footballer
Nadia Comăneci (born 1961), Romanian Olympic gold medal-winning gymnast
Nadia Coolen (born 1994), Dutch football forward
Nadia Cortassa (born 1978), Italian triathlete
Nádia Cruz (born 1975), Angolan swimmer
Nadia Dandolo (born 1962), Italian long-distance runner
Nadia Davy (born 1980), Jamaican sprinter
Nadia De Nardin (born 1975), Italian ice hockey player
Nadia Delago (born 1997), Italian alpine skier
Nadia Ducreux (born 1992), Panamanian footballer
Nadia Echeverría Alam (born 1995), American-Venezuelan tennis player
Nadia Ejjafini (born 1977), Moroccan-born long-distance runner
Nadia Eke (born 1993), Ghanaian triple jumper
Nadia Fadhil, Iraqi footballer
Nadia Falvo (born 1963), Italian middle-distance runner
Nadia Fanchini (born 1986), Italian alpine skier
Nadia Fezzani (swimmer), Libyan swimmer
Nadia Gautschi (born 1954), Swiss archer
Nádia Gomes (born 1996), Portuguese footballer
Nadia Graham (born 1974), Jamaican sprinter
Nadia Gruny (born 1984), American cricketer
Nadia Guimendego (born 1997), Central African-French judoka
Nadia Haro Oliva (1918–2014), French-Mexican fencer and actress
Nadia Hațegan (born 1979), Romanian gymnast
Nadia Margrét Jamchi, Icelandic figure skater
Nadia Johnston (born 1977), Australian beach tennis player
Nadia Kassem (born 1995), Australian mixed martial arts fighter
Nadia Khan (footballer) (born 2001), Pakistani footballer
Nadia Kjældgaard (born 1978), Danish footballer
Nadia Krüger (born 1968), Swiss swimmer
Nadia Lalami (born 1990), Moroccan tennis player
Nadia Lawrence (born 1989), Welsh footballer
Nadia Livers (born 1979), Swiss snowboarder
Nadia Mapunda (born 1988), Australian netball player
Nadia Marchi (born 1963), Sammarinese sports shooter
Nadia Medjmedj (born 1974), Algerian Paralympic athlete
Nadia Mielke-Offendal (born 1994), Danish handball player
Nadia Mikriukova (1972–2020), Russian mountain bike orienteer
Nadia Mimoun, French rhythmic gymnast
Nadia Nadim (born 1988), Afghan-Danish footballer
Nadia Negm (born 1998), Egyptian rower
Nadia Noujani (born 1981), Moroccan long-distance runner
Nadia Olla (born 2000), New Zealand footballer
Nadia Petrova (born 1982), Russian tennis player
Nadia Pfister (born 1995), Swiss squash player
Nadia Podoroska (born 1997), Argentine tennis player
Nadia Power (born 1998), Irish middle-distance runner
Nadia Prasad (born 1967), French runner
Nadia Prinoth, Italian luger
Nadia Quagliotto (born 1997), Italian cyclist
Nadia Riquelme (born 1986), Argentine slalom kayaker
Nadia Röthlisberger-Raspe (1972–2015), Swiss curler
Nadia Styger (born 1978), Swiss alpine skier
Nadia Valentin (born 1987), Haitian footballer
Nadia Vigliano (born 1977), French javelin thrower

Actresses, entertainments and models

Nadia Afgan (born 1970), Pakistani actress and comedian
Nadia Afrin Mim, Bangladeshi actress and model
Nadia Ahmed (born 1982), Bangladeshi actress and dancer
Nadia Al-Gindi (born 1946), Egyptian actress and producer
Nadia Al-Iraqia (1963–2021), Iraqi actress
Nadia Alexander (born 1994), American actress
Nadia Ali, Pakistani American former pornographic actress
Nadia Almada (born 1977), Portuguese-born British television personality
Nadia Barentin (1936–2011), French actress
Nadia Ben Rachid (born 1962), French-Tunisian film editor
Nadia Bjorlin (born 1980), American actress
Nadia Buari (born 1982), Ghanaian actress
Nadia Cassini (born 1949), American actress
Nadia Cattouse (born 1924), British actress, singer and songwriter
Nadia Chambers (born 1968), Welsh actress
Nadia Dajani (born 1965), American actress
Nadia de Santiago (born 1990), Spanish actress
Nadia Di Cello (born 1989), Argentine actress
Nadia El Fani (born 1960), French-Tunisian film director
Nadia Farès (born 1973), French actress
Nadia Fares Anliker (born 1962), Swiss film director
Nadia Ferreira (born 1999), Paraguayan model
Nadia Forde (born 1989), Irish model and television personality
Nadia Gray (1923–1994), Romanian film actress
Nadia Hamza, Egyptian filmmaker
Nadia Hasnaoui (born 1963), Norwegian television presenter
Nadia Heng (born 1985), Malaysian model
Nadia Hilker (born 1988), German actress and model
Nadia Hussain (born 1979), Pakistani TV actress, host, model entrepreneur and fashion designer
Nadia Jamil (born 1980), Pakistani actress and host
Nadia Kaci (born 1970), Algerian actress
Nadia Khan (born 1972), Pakistani actress and presenter
Nadia Kounda (born 1989), Moroccan film actress
Nadia Labidi (born 1954), Algerian filmmaker
Nadia Litz (born 1976), Canadian actress
Nadia Lun (born 1986), Miss Hong Kong 2008 contestant and actress
Nadia Lutfi (1937–2020), Egyptian actress
Nadia Mukami (born 1996), Kenyan singer
Nadia Nadarajah, Sri Lankan-British actress
Nadia Nerina (1927–2008), South African dancer
Nadia Niazi, Moroccan actress
Nadia Parfan (born 1986), Ukrainian film director and creative producer
Nadia Parkes, English actress
Nadia Sawalha (born 1964), English actress and television presenter
Nadia Szold (born 1984), American filmmaker
Nadia Tass (born 1956), Macedonian-Australian film director and producer
Nadia Tereszkiewicz (born 1996), French-Finnish actress
Nadia Townsend (born 1979), Australian actress
Nadhiya, Indian actress

Musicians and singers

Nadia Ali (born 1980), Pakistani-American singer-songwriter
Nadia Almada (born 1977), Portuguese reality television star, winner of Big Brother UK
Nadia Azzi (born 1998), American classical pianist of Lebanese-Japanese origin
Nadia Batson, Trinidadian singer, songwriter, producer and model
Nadia Boulanger (1887–1979), French composer, conductor, and teacher
Nadia Krasteva, Bulgarian mezzo-soprano
Nadia López (born 1983), Mexican singer and reality television star
Nadia Malm (born 1986), Danish singer who collaborated with Svenstrup & Vendelboe
Nadia Meikher (born 1982), Ukrainian singer-songwriter, actress, poet, television personality and fashion designer
Nadia Mladjao (born 1979), French pop-soul singer better known by her stage name Imany
Nadia Nakai (born 1990), Zimbabwean-South African rapper and television personality
Nadia Oh (born 1990), English singer, rapper, producer and model
Nadia Reid (born 1991), New Zealand folk singer-songwriter
Nadia Reisenberg (1904–1983), American pianist of Lithuanian birth
Nadia Rose (born 1993), British musician
Nadia Salerno-Sonnenberg (born 1961), Italian and American classical violinist and teacher
Nadia Sirota, American viola player
Nadia Tagrine (1917–2003), Franco-Russian classical pianist
Nadia Tehran (born 1990), Iranian-Swedish rapper and singer
Nadia Turner (born 1977), contestant on American Idol season 4
Nadia Zighem or Nâdiya (born 1973), French R&B singer of Algerian origin

Politicians

Nadia Ahmad Samdin, Singaporean politician and consultant
Nadia Al-Sakkaf, Yemeni politician
Nadia Fettah Alaoui, Moroccan entrepreneur and politician
Nadia Aziz (born 1973), Pakistani politician
Nadia Binte Amin (born 1963), Bangladeshi politician
Nadia Bolz-Weber (born 1969), American Lutheran minister
Nadia Boubeghla, Algerian politician
Nadia Brédimas-Assimopoulos, Canadian politician
Nadia Calviño (born 1968), Spanish economist and civil servant
Nádia Campeão (born 1958), Brazilian engineer and politician
Nadia Clancy, Australian politician
Nadia Cruz (born 1982), Bolivian lawyer and politician
Nadia de León Torres, Guatemalan politician
Nadia Arop Dudi (born 1971), South Sudanese politician
Nadia El-Nakla, Scottish politician and wife of the First Minister of Scotland
Nadia Essayan (born 1957), French politician
Nadia Gallico Spano (1916–2006), Italian politician
Nadia Ginetti (born 1969), Italian politician
Nadia Hai (born 1980), French politician
Nadia Hashem (died 2023), Jordanian journalist and politician
Nadia Hilou (1953–2015), Arab-Israeli politician
Nadia Kanegai, Vanuatu politician and entrepreneur
Nadia Khar, Pakistani politician
Nadia Makram Ebeid, Egyptian politician
Nadia Mohamed (born 1996), American politician
Nadia Naji (born 1992), Belgian politician
Nadia Navarro Acevedo, Mexican politician
Nadia Ramassamy (born 1961), Indian-French politician from Réunion
Nadia al Rawabdeh, Jordanian politician
Nadia Savchenko (born 1981), Ukrainian politician and former Army aviation pilot
Nadia Schadlow, American government official
Nadia Sher, Pakistani politician
Nadia Sminate (born 1981), Belgian politician
Nadia Theodore, Canadian diplomat
Nadia Valavani (born 1954), Greek politician
Nadia Whittome (born 1996), British politician
Nadia Zakhary, Egyptian politician

Writers and journalists

Nadia al-Ghazzi (born 1935), Syrian lawyer and writer
Nadia Al-Kokabany, Yemeni novelist, short story writer and academic
Nadia Al Najjar, Emirati writer
Nadia Anjuman (1980–2005), poet from Afghanistan
Nadia Brown, American poet, writer, and author
Nadia Bulkin, Indonesian-American author and political scientist
Nadia Cavalera (born 1950), Italian novelist, poet and literary critic
Nadia Chafik (born 1962), Moroccan novelist
Nadia Colburn (born 1972), American poet and non-fiction writer
Nadia Daam (born 1978), French journalist
Nadia Davids (born 1977), award-winning South African writer
Nadia Drake (born 1980), science journalist who writes the No Place Like Home blog for National Geographic
Nadia Fezzani, Canadian journalist/author; researches American serial killers
Nadia Fink, Argentine author
Nadia Ghulam (born 1985), Afghan writer
Nadia Hashimi (born 1977), pediatrician, novelist, and a Democratic congressional candidate
Nadia Hijab, Palestinian political analyst, author and journalist
Nadia Khar, Pakistani politician
Nadia Yala Kisukidi (born 1978), French philosopher, writer and academic
Nadia Manzoor, British writer, performer and producer
Nadia Mifsud, Maltese-French poet, novelist and literary translator
Nadia Mitsopoulos (born 1971), Australian journalist
Nadia Muhsen (born 1965), British author
Nadia Origo (born 1977), French-Gabonese writer and editor
Nadia Owusu, Ghanaian-American author
Nadia Ramassamy (born 1961), French politician
Nadia Sharmeen (born 1986), Bangladeshi journalist
Nadia Terranova (born 1978), Italian writer
Nadia Toffa (1979–2019), Italian journalist
Nadia Tueni (1935–1983), Lebanese-French poet, who authored of numerous volumes of poetry
Nadia Wheatley (born 1949), Australian writer whose work includes picture books, novels, biography and history; author of Five Times Dizzy

Philosophers

Balaram Hari

Other

Nadia Aboulhosn (born 1988), American fashion blogger, model and designer
Nadia Ali (born 1984), English broadcaster
Nadia Badawi, Australian physician
Nadia Bakhurji, Saudi interior designer who announced her candidacy in the 2005 Saudi elections
Nadia Bartel, Australian model and fashion designer
Nadia Benbouta (born 1970), Algerian artist
Nadia Benois (1896–1975), Russian-British painter
Nadia Bouras, Dutch historian of Moroccan descent
Nadia Bukhari, British pharmacist of Pakistani origin
Nadia Chaudhri (1978–2021), Canadian psychologist
Nadia Chomyn (1967–2015), British autistic artist
Nadia Crow, American TV news reporter
Nadia Dowshen, American pediatrician
Nadia Essex (born 1981), English media personality
Nadia Ferreira (born 1999), Paraguayan fashion model and beauty pageant titleholder
Nadia Fröbisch (born 1976), German vertebrae paleontologist and developmental biologist
Nadia Gamal (1937–1990), Egyptian dancer of Greek descent
Nadia Geller (born 1976), American interior designer, artist and TV personality
Nadia Giosia (born 1980), Canadian-Italian chef, comic actress and singer; presenter of Nadia G's Bitchin' Kitchen
Nadia Granados (born 1978), Colombian performance artist
Nadia Hebson, British artist
Nadia Heninger (born 1982), American cryptographer, computer security expert
Nadia Huggins (born 1984), Trinidadian photographer
Nadia Kaabi-Linke (born 1978), Tunisian artist
Nadia Lee Cohen (born 1992), British artist, photographer, and filmmaker
Nadia Khodasevich Léger (1904–1982), French painter
Nadia Lichtig (born 1973), German visual artist
Nadia Lim (born 1985), New Zealand celebrity chef, entrepreneur, food writer, and TV personality
Nadia López (born 1983), musical artist
Nadia Marcinko (born 1986), Slovakian-born pilot, flight instructor, and the CEO of Aviloop
Nadia Matar (born 1966), Israeli activist
Nadia Mejia (born 1995), American-Ecuadorian model and beauty pageant titleholder
Nadia Murad (born 1993), Yazidi-Iraqi human rights activist
Nadia Myre, Canadian artist
Nadia Oleszczuk, Polish activist and founding member of the Consultative Council of Poland
Nadia Pinardi (born 1956), Italian oceanographer
Nadia Plesner, Danish/Dutch painter
Nadia Russo (1901–1988), Romanian aviator
Nadia Samdani, British born Bangladeshi businesswoman
Nadia Santini, Italian chef
Nadia Shahram, Iranian-American attorney and activist
Nadia Sirry (born 1958), Egyptian artist
Nadia Smyrnytska (1852–1889), Ukrainian revolutionary
Nadia Stacey, British make-up artist
Nadia Tromp (born 1977), South African architect
Nadia Waloff (1909–2001), English entomologist
Nadia Yanowsky, Spanish ballet dancer
Nadia Yassine (born 1958), founder and head of the feminine branch of the Moroccan Islamist movement Al Adl Wa Al Ihssane
Nadia Younes (1946–2003), Egyptian national who worked for the UN and the WHO, victim of the Canal Hotel bombing
Nadia Zyncenko (born 1948), Argentine weather forecaster and meteorologist

Fictional characters

Nadia, Palestinian protagonist of the film A.K.A Nadia
Nadia Sinh, protagonist of Amazon Prime's Citadel
Nadia Chernyshevski, in Kim Stanley Robinson's Mars trilogy
Nadia Fortune, in Skullgirls
Nadia Godfrey, on the television series Hemlock Grove
Nadia Jazeem, on the ABC television series Lost
Nadia La Arwall, in the anime directed by Hideaki Anno
Nadia Petrova, Katherine's daughter on the CW television drama The Vampire Diaries
Nadia Santos, on the television series Alias
Nadia van Dyne, also known as "the Wasp", a character in Marvel Comics
Nadia Vulvokov, in the television series Russian Doll
Nadia Yassir, from the Fox television series 24
Nadia McConnell, the sister of the protagonist from the musical
Nadia el Mansour, in the TV series Le Bureau des Légendes
Princess Nadia (aka Marle), in the SNES/PS1 video game Chrono Trigger
Nadia, in the American Pie film series
Nadia, a Russian mail-order bride in the 2002 film Birthday Girl
Nadia, in the PC video game
Nadia, in the anime television series El Cazador de la Bruja
Nadia, a stripper on the Showtime television series Dexter
Nadia, a doll in the Groovy Girls doll line, by Manhattan Toy
Nadia, in the 2002 animated film Ice Age
Nadia, in the 2009 film Pandorum
Nadia, in the French animated series Titeuf

Notes and References

Book: Stewart . Julia . African names : Names from the African Continent for Children and Adults . 1996 . Citadel Press . New York . 0806513861 . 95 .
Book: Stewart . Julia . African names : Names from the African Continent for Children and Adults . 1996 . Citadel Press . New York . 0806513861 . 95 .
Web site: Al-Maany Dictionary. 16 September 2018.
https://vocab.panlex.org/dnj-003/eng-000?page=2 Dan Wordlist