THE MEANING & THE CONTEXT
The story behind Nadia
Nadia is recorded as a female given name in Tagalog. The source gives a linguistic connection through English, specifically the form Nadia.
Pronunciation & syllables
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Tagalog
- /ˈnadja/Standard-Tagalog
- [ˈn̪aː.d͡ʒɐ]Standard-Tagalog
- /ˈnadja/no palatal assimilation
- [ˈn̪ad̪.jɐ]no palatal assimilation
Nad · ia2 source divisions
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Origin and name formation
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TagalogEtymology & source
Borrowed from English Nadia, from Russian На́дя (Nádja).
a female given name from English
EnglishEtymology & source
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”).
A female given name from Russian used since the twentieth century.
EnglishEtymology & source
From Arabic نديّة (Nadiyya, “Nadia; tender”).
A female given name from Arabic
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PSA · OFFICIAL BIRTH RECORDS
Nadia in the birth records
Exact spelling, stated year, published top-ten tables. Read the counts as individual snapshots.
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Similar names to Nadia
Names with a similar opening or ending, ordered by spelling distance. Similar spelling does not imply the same meaning or origin.
Names in this collection
- Landia·Recorded Philippine given-name form
- Lydia♀Name formation documented in dictionary sources
- Nader·Recorded Philippine given-name form
- Nadine♀Name formation documented in dictionary sources
- Nador·Recorded Philippine given-name form
- Naga·Recorded Philippine given-name form
- Naim·Recorded Philippine given-name form
- Naima♀Given name documented in Philippine-linked records; lexical meaning not established here
What rhymes with Nadia?
No dictionary-confirmed rhyme match is available for this spelling in the current catalogue.
Explore Nadia further
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- Wiktionary contributors — Nadia (Tagalog) (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name sense and separately attributed etymology; no birth-frequency claim.
- Wiktionary contributors — Nadia (English) (opens in a new tab)
Language-specific given-name etymology; shared spelling does not prove every bearer has this origin.