1. People
    In sports  In film, television and music  Writers  Musicians  Other 

2. Fictional characters

3. See also

4. References

Nadia is a female name, used predominantly throughout the Mediterranean region, Eastern Europe, Latin America, the Caucasus, and the Arab world. It has also seen some popularity in Quebec, France and Ireland. Its origins are in the Slavic and Ancient Greek languages. Variations include: Nadja, Nadya, Nadine, Nadiya, and Nadiia.

The name Nadia means "hope" in many Slavic languages, e.g. Ukrainian Nadiya (Надія, accent on the i), Belarusian Nadzeya (Надзея, accent on the e), and Old Polish Nadzieja, all of which are derived 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 ελπίς (Elpis), with the same meaning.

The name's early roots and origins date back to Ancient Greece mythology. In most other languages, it is a name in its own right. In Russian military aircraft, the warning system voice is given the name Nadia.^[1]

In Arabic, Nadiyyah means "tender" and "delicate".^[2]

Variations include the French name Nadine.

Nadia is the name of:

People

In sports

• Nadia Abdalá (born 1988), professional tennis player
• Nadia Echeverría Alam (born 1995), American-Venezuelan tennis player
• Nadia Al-Hindi (born 1972), Jordanian Olympic table tennis player
• Nadia Comăneci (born 1961), Romanian Olympic gold medal-winning gymnast
• Nadia Cortassa (born 1978), Italian triathlete
• Nadia Dandolo (born 1962), Italian long-distance runner
• Nadia Davy Jamaican sprinter
• Nadia Fezzani (swimmer), Libyan swimmer
• Nádia Gomes (born 1996), Portuguese footballer
• Nadia Nadim (born 1988), Afghan-Danish footballer
• Nadia Petrova (born 1982), professional tennis player from Russia
• Nadia Styger (born 1978), Swiss alpine skier

In film, television and music

• Nadia Ali (born 1980), American singer-songwriter
• Nadia Almada (born 1977), Portuguese reality television star, winner of Big Brother UK
• Nadia Bjorlin (born 1980), American actress
• Nadia Batson, Trinidadian singer, songwriter and model
• Nadia Chambers (born 1968), Welsh actress
• Nadia Di Cello (born 1989), Argentine actress
• Nadia Gamal (1937-1990), Egyptian dancer of Greek descent
• Nadia Farès (born 1973), French actress
• Nadia Khan (born 1979), Pakistani actress and presenter
• Nadia Krasteva, Bulgarian mezzo-soprano
• Nadia Litz (born 1976), Canadian actress
• Nadia López (born 1983), Mexican singer and reality television star
• Nadia Lutfi (born 1938), Egyptian actress
• Nadia Sawalha (born 1964), English actress and television presenter
• Nadia Tass (born 1956), Macedonian-Australian film director and producer
• Nadia Turner (born 1977), contestant on American Idol season 4

Writers

• Nadia Al-Kokabany, Yemeni novelist, short story writer and academic
• Nadia Anjuman (1980–2005), poet from Afghanistan
• Nadia Brown, American poet, writer, and author
• Nadia Cavalera (born 1950), Italian novelist, poet and literary critic
• Nadia Chafik (born 1962), Moroccan novelist
• Nadia Davids (born 1977), award-winning South African writer
• Nadia Drake, science journalist who writes the No Place Like Home blog for National Geographic
• Nadia Fezzani, Canadian journalist/author; researches American serial killers
• Nadia Hashimi, pediatrician, novelist, and a Democratic congressional candidate
• Nadia Hijab, Palestinian political analyst, author and journalist
• Nadia Maftouni (born 1966), Iranian philosopher and artist who is married to disabled Iranian artist Hossein Nuri
• Nadia Mitsopoulos, Australian journalist
• Nadia Muhsen (born 1965), British author who wrote Sold: Story of Modern-day Slavery and A Promise to Nadia
• Nadia al-Ghazzi (born 1935), Syrian lawyer and writer
• Nadia Tueni (1935–1983), Lebanese Francophone poet, who authored of numerous volumes of poetry
• Nadia Wheatley, Australian writer whose work includes picture books, novels, biography and history; author of Five Times Dizzy

Musicians

• Nadia Ali (singer) (born 1980), Pakistani-American singer-songwriter
• Nadia Azzi (born 1998), American classical pianist of Lebanese-Japanese origin
• Nadia Batson (December 7) is a Trinidadian singer, songwriter, producer and model
• Nadia Boulanger (1887–1979), French composer, conductor, and teacher
• Nadia Krasteva, Bulgarian mezzo-soprano
• 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 Oh, English singer, rapper, producer and model
• Nadia Reid, New Zealand folk singer-songwriter
• Nadia Reisenberg (1904–1983), American pianist of Lithuanian birth
• Nadia Salerno-Sonnenberg (born 1961), Italian and American classical violinist and teacher
• Nadia Sirota, American viola player
• Nadia Turner, American singer, songwriter, actress and radio/television personality
• Nadia Zighem or Nâdiya (born 1973), French R&B singer of Algerian origin

Other

• Princess Nadia of Leiningen (born 1991), 129th in line to the British throne
• Nadia Abu El Haj, assistant professor at Barnard College
• Nadia Bakhurji, Saudi interior designer who announced her candidacy in the 2005 Saudi elections
• Nadia Brédimas-Assimopoulos, Canadian academic
• Nadia Giosia (born 1980), Canadian-Italian chef, comic actress and singer; presenter of Nadia G's Bitchin' Kitchen
• Nadia Hashem, Jordanian journalist and politician
• Nadia Heninger, American cryptographer
• Nadia McCaffrey, founder of Angel Staff and anti-Iraq War activist
• Nadia Murad, Yazidi-Iraqi human rights activist
• Nadia Rosenthal, scientist who specializes in heart development related research
• Nadia Magnenat Thalmann, computer graphics scientist and founder and head of MIRALab at the University of Geneva
• Nadia Valavani (born 1954), Greek politician
• 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 Zakamska, Russian-American astronomer and professor at Johns Hopkins University
• Nadia Zakhary, Egyptian Minister of Scientific Research since 2 August 2012

Fictional characters

• Nadia Chernyshevski, in Kim Stanley Robinson's Mars trilogy
• Nadia Godfrey, on the TV series Hemlock Grove
• Nadia Jazeem, on the TV series Lost
• Nadia La Arwall, in the The Secret of Blue Water
• Nadia Petrova, Katherine's daughter on the TV series The Vampire Diaries
• Nadia, a stripper on the TV series Dexter
• Nadia Santos, on the TV series Alias
• Nadia Yassir, from the TV series 24
• Princess Nadia, a character in the SNES/PS1 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 computer game Command & Conquer: Red Alert
• Nadia, in the anime television series El Cazador de la Bruja
• Nadia, a doll in the Groovy Girls doll line, by Manhattan Toy
• Nadia, in the animated film Ice Age
• Nadia, in the 2009 film Pandorum
• Nadia, in the TV series Russian Doll (TV series)
• Nadia, in the French cartoon Titeuf
• Nadja, in the 2003 anime series Ashita no Nadja
• Nadja, main character of the 1928 surrealist novel Nadja by André Breton

See also

• Anadia (disambiguation)
• Nadezhda (disambiguation)
• Nadyezhda
• Slavic names

References

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• The Impact Players
• The Impaler
• The Impeachment of Man
• The Imperial Center
• The Imperial Centre
• The Imperial Court (Japan)
• The Imperial Dictionary of the English Language
• The Imperial March
• The Imperials
• The Imperial War Museum
• The Importance of Being Earnest
• The Importance of Being Ernest
• The Importance Of Being Idle
• The importance of being idle
• The Importance of Being Idle
• The Importance of Being Idle (book)
• The Importance of Being Idle (song)
• The Impossibility of Reason
• The Impossible Bird
• The Impossible Man
• The Impossibles (American band)
• The Impossibles (TV series)
• The Impossible Voyage