Nadja
Nadja or Nadia is a female given name .
Origin and meaning of the name
Nadja is the diminutive of the Russian name Nadeschda and means "hope". It is one of the oldest Russian names, which has also been adopted in other (mostly European) languages (such as Esperanza, Hope , Espérance or Speranza ).
Historically, the name goes back to one of the three daughters of St. Sophia of Milan . These were called Fides (Eng. "Faith"), Spes ("Hope") and Caritas ("Love"). A legend tells that the noble Christian widow Sophia distributed her belongings to the poor and traveled with her three daughters from Milan to Rome to be martyred there. The three daughters were tried and executed under Emperor Hadrian . The mother buried at a Sept. 30 at the Via Appia and died three days later.
Homonyms
In the Orient, the Persian name Nadjya (“morning dew”), which is also derived from Arabic (“spokeswoman” or “caller”), is very popular. However, there is no etymological relationship to the Russian first name.
name day
- August 1st
- 30. September
- December 18 (Esperanza)
variants
- Nada, Nadège, Nadeschda , Nadi, Nadia, Nadica, Nadja, Nadija, Nadine , Nadinka, Nadjana, Nadya, Nadyuscha, Nadyuschka, Nadl, Natja, Nađa, Naddy
Well-known namesake
- Nadia
- Nadia Ali (* 1980), Pakistani-American singer-songwriter
- Nadia Bjorlin (* 1980), American actress and singer
- Nadia Boulanger (1887–1979), French composer
- Nadia Brönimann (* 1969), Swiss author and trans woman
- Nadia Comăneci (* 1961), Romanian gymnast
- Nadia Fanchini (* 1986), Italian ski racer
- Nadia Murad (* 1993), survivor of the 2014 Yazidis genocide, Iraqi human rights activist
- Nadia Nadim (* 1988), Danish soccer player of Afghan descent
- Nadia Styger (* 1978), Swiss ski racer
- Nadia Magnenat Thalmann (* 1946), Swiss-Canadian computer graphics scientist and university professor
- Nadia Zülow (* 1977), German vaulting artist
- Nadija
- Nadija Andrianowa (1921–1998), Ukrainian author, translator and Esperantist
- Nadija Bjelkina (* 1990), Ukrainian biathlete
- Nadija Bjelowa (* 1961), Soviet-Ukrainian biathlete
- Nadija Kitschenok (born July 20, 1992 in Dnipropetrovsk) is a Ukrainian tennis player
- Nadija Olisarenko (1953–2017), Ukrainian-Soviet middle-distance runner and Olympic champion
- Nadija Savchenko (* 1981), Ukrainian politician and professional soldier
- Nadija Switlychna (1936–2006), Ukrainian writer and journalist, human rights activist and Soviet dissident
- Nadija Surowzowa (1896–1985), Ukrainian-Soviet writer, journalist, historian, philosopher and translator
- Nadija Tkachenko (* 1948), Soviet-Ukrainian pentathlete
- Nadija Wolynska (* 1984), Ukrainian orienteer
- Nadja / Natja
- Nadja Abd el Farrag (* 1965), German presenter ( Naddel )
- Nadja Auermann (* 1971), German photo model and actress
- Nadja Benaissa (* 1982), German pop singer
- Natja Brunckhorst (* 1966), German actress and screenwriter
- Nadja Drygalla (* 1989), German rower
- Nadja Einzmann (* 1974), German writer
- Nadja Maleh (* 1972), Austrian actress, singer and cabaret artist
- Nadja Michael (* 1969), German opera, lied and oratorio singer (mezzo-soprano and soprano)
- Nadja Schildknecht (* 1973), Swiss entrepreneur
- Nadja Tiller (* 1929), Austrian actress
- Nadja Uhl (* 1972), German actress
- Nadja Zimmermann (* 1976), Swiss TV presenter
- Nadya
- Nadya Luer (* 1968), German news anchor and editor
- Nadya Melati (* 1986), Indonesian badminton player
- Nadya Ochner (* 1993), Italian snowboarder
- Nadya Ortiz (* 1986), Colombian chess player
Fictional people
- Nadja Nilsson , a main character in the children's book series Bert's Disasters
- Nadja , protagonist of the novel of the same name by André Breton and pseudonym of Léona Delcourt (1902–1941), French artist