What Does the Name Nadia Mean?

Nadia is a girl's name of Slavic (from Russian) origin meaning “hope.”

Updated June 2026

Name	Nadia
Gender	female
Origin	Slavic (from Russian)
Meaning	hope
Variants	Nadya, Nadezhda, Nadja, Nadiya
Popularity	Common across Eastern Europe, the Arab world, and the West; in the US it has charted steadily for decades.

The meaning and origin of Nadia

The name Nadia means “hope” and has Slavic (from Russian) origins. A short form of the Russian name Nadezhda meaning 'hope', which itself translates the Greek virtue name Elpis. It became internationally popular and is also used in Arabic contexts where Nadia means 'tender, delicate, dewy'.

Variants and related names

Nadia is related to several other names you may recognize: Nadya, Nadezhda, Nadja, Nadiya. These share a common root or are spelling and language variants of the same name.

How popular is the name Nadia?

Common across Eastern Europe, the Arab world, and the West; in the US it has charted steadily for decades.

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