Nadia Forename
251st
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 2,291,857 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
Pakistan
Highest density in:
Morocco
Nadia Forename User-submission:
Nadia (pronunciation: /ˈnɑːdiə/ or /ˈnɒdiə/) 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 regions of the United States and Canada where the aforementioned diasporas are common.
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| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pakistan | 100% | 264,538 | 1:735 | 125 |
| Algeria | 99% | 257,132 | 1:148 | 19 |
| Morocco | 100% | 254,348 | 1:135 | 16 |
| Egypt | 100% | 175,393 | 1:524 | 95 |
| Bangladesh | 100% | 112,816 | 1:1,413 | 182 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 102,286 | 1:301 | 23 |
| Sudan | 100% | 99,751 | 1:379 | 60 |
| Iraq | 98% | 93,988 | 1:373 | 71 |
| Italy | 100% | 93,421 | 1:654 | 142 |
| France | 100% | 67,558 | 1:984 | 180 |
| Afghanistan | 99% | 54,097 | 1:603 | 92 |
| Brazil | 100% | 48,979 | 1:4,374 | 607 |
| Yemen | - | 45,646 | 1:576 | 97 |
| Mexico | 100% | 41,726 | 1:2,975 | 425 |
| Madagascar | 100% | 40,811 | 1:579 | 105 |
| United States | 100% | 34,995 | 1:10,360 | 1,100 |
| Mozambique | - | 28,799 | 1:946 | 201 |
| Jordan | 100% | 26,796 | 1:329 | 63 |
| Haiti | 100% | 24,597 | 1:436 | 56 |
| Indonesia | 99% | 23,272 | 1:11,085 | 1,547 |
| Lebanon | 100% | 19,958 | 1:282 | 39 |
| Burundi | 75% | 19,551 | 1:507 | 144 |
| South Africa | 100% | 18,646 | 1:2,925 | 535 |
| Spain | 100% | 16,986 | 1:2,739 | 341 |
| Belgium | 100% | 15,818 | 1:726 | 171 |
| Argentina | 100% | 15,809 | 1:2,706 | 325 |
| Canada | 100% | 15,533 | 1:2,133 | 441 |
| Angola | 100% | 14,846 | 1:1,816 | 370 |
| Syria | - | 13,496 | 1:1,431 | 266 |
| England | 100% | 13,464 | 1:4,130 | 494 |
| Palestine | 100% | 12,978 | 1:351 | 77 |
| Malaysia | 99% | 12,007 | 1:2,536 | 244 |
| Chad | 100% | 10,504 | 1:1,295 | 158 |
| Libya | - | 10,282 | 1:605 | 105 |
| Chile | 100% | 9,303 | 1:1,893 | 297 |
| Rwanda | 100% | 8,943 | 1:1,272 | 269 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 8,544 | 1:961 | 212 |
| Kuwait | - | 7,171 | 1:528 | 84 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 6,924 | 1:2,441 | 474 |
| Philippines | 99% | 6,059 | 1:17,496 | 1,932 |
| Ghana | 100% | 6,012 | 1:4,489 | 588 |
| Sierra Leone | - | 6,011 | 1:1,179 | 248 |
| Israel | 100% | 5,738 | 1:1,464 | 324 |
| Bahrain | - | 5,446 | 1:248 | 30 |
| Peru | 100% | 5,076 | 1:6,263 | 872 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 4,798 | 1:1,491 | 166 |
| Poland | 100% | 4,382 | 1:8,678 | 417 |
| Romania | 100% | 3,789 | 1:5,292 | 484 |
| Uganda | 100% | 3,771 | 1:10,861 | 1,072 |
| Australia | - | 3,618 | 1:3,775 | 571 |
| Ecuador | - | 3,495 | 1:5,072 | 562 |
| Oman | 100% | 3,459 | 1:1,188 | 179 |
| Togo | - | 3,379 | 1:2,142 | 355 |
| Germany | 100% | 3,294 | 1:29,350 | 1,108 |
| Colombia | 100% | 3,286 | 1:14,540 | 1,127 |
| India | 72% | 3,228 | 1:376,356 | 32,837 |
| Georgia | 100% | 3,011 | 1:1,242 | 247 |
| Denmark | - | 3,004 | 1:1,881 | 314 |
| DR Congo | 95% | 2,883 | 1:25,608 | 1,974 |
| Russia | 99% | 2,665 | 1:54,121 | 1,227 |
| Thailand | 100% | 2,640 | 1:26,540 | 3,422 |
| Portugal | - | 2,601 | 1:4,003 | 358 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 2,557 | 1:11,811 | 1,199 |
| Ethiopia | 100% | 2,543 | 1:38,364 | 4,143 |
| Tunisia | 100% | 2,480 | 1:273 | 25 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 2,436 | 1:21,670 | 2,152 |
| Gabon | 100% | 2,245 | 1:839 | 175 |
| Sweden | 100% | 2,098 | 1:4,699 | 537 |
| Paraguay | 99% | 2,055 | 1:3,522 | 601 |
| Honduras | 100% | 2,010 | 1:4,387 | 615 |
| Ivory Coast | 100% | 2,007 | 1:11,498 | 1,195 |
| Uruguay | 100% | 1,796 | 1:1,908 | 278 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 1,779 | 1:5,864 | 827 |
| Comoros | - | 1,568 | 1:486 | 79 |
| Congo | 100% | 1,562 | 1:3,207 | 527 |
| Cameroon | 57% | 1,349 | 1:16,020 | 1,582 |
| Mali | 100% | 1,270 | 1:13,368 | 1,054 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 1,239 | 1:1,099 | 195 |
| Panama | 100% | 1,229 | 1:3,179 | 605 |
| Benin | 100% | 1,140 | 1:9,277 | 1,285 |
| Namibia | - | 1,041 | 1:2,309 | 430 |
| Niger | 98% | 998 | 1:19,222 | 1,421 |
| Guatemala | 100% | 971 | 1:16,590 | 1,088 |
| Scotland | 100% | 920 | 1:5,816 | 517 |
| New Zealand | - | 870 | 1:5,214 | 720 |
| Bolivia | 100% | 797 | 1:13,302 | 1,194 |
| Jamaica | - | 789 | 1:3,654 | 664 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 787 | 1:26,428 | 3,311 |
| Somaliland | 100% | 710 | 1:4,932 | 483 |
| Djibouti | - | 674 | 1:1,359 | 242 |
| Greece | 100% | 661 | 1:16,542 | 871 |
| Malta | - | 659 | 1:652 | 152 |
| Kenya | - | 639 | 1:72,468 | 4,319 |
| Norway | 100% | 556 | 1:9,231 | 841 |
| Luxembourg | 100% | 544 | 1:1,037 | 213 |
| Kazakhstan | 98% | 513 | 1:34,594 | 1,677 |
| Cuba | - | 507 | 1:22,695 | 1,124 |
| Somalia | - | 479 | 1:28,238 | 1,811 |
| Suriname | 100% | 477 | 1:1,159 | 232 |
| Nigeria | 100% | 468 | 1:379,411 | 13,036 |
| Wales | 100% | 455 | 1:6,801 | 685 |
| Burkina Faso | 99% | 437 | 1:42,058 | 3,036 |
| New Caledonia | 100% | 404 | 1:669 | 155 |
| Malawi | 100% | 381 | 1:44,914 | 3,117 |
| Vanuatu | - | 371 | 1:706 | 186 |
| Ireland | 100% | 346 | 1:13,421 | 827 |
| Iran | - | 346 | 1:226,870 | 3,909 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 345 | 1:17,444 | 1,424 |
| Mauritius | 100% | 344 | 1:3,773 | 651 |
| Croatia | 100% | 341 | 1:12,367 | 861 |
| Guyana | 100% | 326 | 1:2,341 | 457 |
| Austria | 100% | 311 | 1:27,377 | 1,101 |
| El Salvador | - | 295 | 1:21,498 | 1,087 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 293 | 1:16,273 | 1,241 |
| French Polynesia | - | 292 | 1:952 | 213 |
| Uzbekistan | 100% | 291 | 1:105,795 | 3,016 |
| Moldova | 100% | 259 | 1:13,750 | 536 |
| Belarus | 99% | 245 | 1:38,704 | 541 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 242 | 1:735 | 102 |
| Ukraine | 100% | 233 | 1:195,279 | 1,271 |
| Albania | 100% | 202 | 1:15,082 | 2,129 |
| China | - | 191 | 1:7,152,125 | 59,371 |
| Bahamas | - | 189 | 1:2,113 | 459 |
| Senegal | 99% | 185 | 1:78,818 | 2,508 |
| Singapore | 100% | 184 | 1:34,169 | 5,925 |
| Belize | 100% | 181 | 1:1,958 | 440 |
| Papua New Guinea | 97% | 162 | 1:50,323 | 4,878 |
| Barbados | - | 142 | 1:2,041 | 451 |
| Seychelles | 100% | 142 | 1:653 | 151 |
| Cyprus | 100% | 136 | 1:6,405 | 672 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 131 | 1:27,102 | 1,042 |
| Finland | 100% | 124 | 1:44,219 | 1,619 |
| Czechia | 100% | 113 | 1:94,302 | 1,132 |
| Turkey | 100% | 109 | 1:713,777 | 8,416 |
| Botswana | 100% | 106 | 1:20,608 | 2,500 |
| Slovenia | 100% | 102 | 1:24,105 | 1,414 |
| Zimbabwe | 100% | 84 | 1:183,617 | 11,294 |
| Guinea | 100% | 81 | 1:146,403 | 2,414 |
| Japan | - | 81 | 1:1,580,075 | 17,983 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 100% | 79 | 1:2,430 | 463 |
| Bulgaria | 100% | 78 | 1:89,620 | 3,344 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 77 | 1:1,449 | 259 |
| Hong Kong | - | 75 | 1:103,370 | 2,833 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 73 | 1:1,362 | 297 |
| Abkhazia | 100% | 69 | 1:3,528 | 470 |
| San Marino | 100% | 66 | 1:499 | 126 |
| South Ossetia | 100% | 63 | 1:850 | 199 |
| Liberia | 100% | 61 | 1:72,329 | 3,439 |
| Qatar | 100% | 61 | 1:38,846 | 5,076 |
| Grenada | 100% | 59 | 1:1,833 | 388 |
| Estonia | 100% | 54 | 1:24,359 | 1,899 |
| Monaco | 100% | 51 | 1:754 | 150 |
| British Virgin Islands | 100% | 49 | 1:638 | 99 |
| Central African Republic | - | 49 | 1:92,151 | 221 |
| Eritrea | 100% | 49 | 1:97,000 | 118 |
| Transnistria | 100% | 49 | 1:9,707 | 326 |
| Brunei | 100% | 43 | 1:9,757 | 724 |
| Dominica | - | 43 | 1:1,755 | 293 |
| South Korea | 100% | 42 | 1:132,010 | 6,010 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 39 | 1:609,479 | 30,796 |
| Aruba | - | 38 | 1:2,731 | 559 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 100% | 38 | 1:1,444 | 332 |
| Cayman Islands | - | 29 | 1:2,114 | 469 |
| Jersey | 100% | 28 | 1:3,571 | 499 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | - | 28 | 1:1,240 | 288 |
| Armenia | 100% | 26 | 1:112,260 | 2,700 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | - | 26 | 1:2,103 | 430 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 26 | 1:4,221 | 726 |
| Lithuania | 100% | 25 | 1:118,075 | 1,581 |
| Mongolia | - | 25 | 1:117,393 | 7,151 |
| Cape Verde | 100% | 24 | 1:22,048 | 1,564 |
| Guam | - | 24 | 1:6,694 | 1,054 |
| Northern Ireland | 100% | 20 | 1:92,157 | 1,452 |
| Hungary | 100% | 18 | 1:543,987 | 1,953 |
| Bermuda | - | 17 | 1:3,813 | 661 |
| Nauru | 100% | 16 | 1:745 | 98 |
| Slovakia | 100% | 16 | 1:331,879 | 1,774 |
| Vietnam | - | 16 | 1:5,788,945 | 3,683 |
| Mauritania | 100% | 14 | 1:292,517 | 7,461 |
| Andorra | - | 13 | 1:6,376 | 500 |
| Azerbaijan | 100% | 13 | 1:741,765 | 12,605 |
| Latvia | - | 12 | 1:167,970 | 2,495 |
| Zambia | - | 11 | 1:1,441,345 | 17,789 |
| Curaçao | - | 10 | 1:15,580 | 668 |
| Liechtenstein | - | 10 | 1:3,786 | 437 |
| Macau | - | 10 | 1:60,821 | 609 |
| Samoa | - | 9 | 1:21,688 | 450 |
| Tajikistan | 100% | 9 | 1:930,547 | 3,856 |
| Turkmenistan | 100% | 9 | 1:608,097 | 1,859 |
| Wallis and Futuna | 100% | 9 | 1:1,503 | 36 |
| Cambodia | 100% | 7 | 1:2,324,761 | 25,689 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 100% | 7 | 1:853,325 | 20,404 |
| Montserrat | - | 6 | 1:813 | 112 |
| Anguilla | 100% | 5 | 1:2,651 | 523 |
| Guernsey | - | 4 | 1:15,833 | 609 |
| North Macedonia | - | 4 | 1:522,689 | 9,487 |
| Saint Martin | - | 4 | 1:8,936 | 133 |
| Swaziland | - | 4 | 1:325,044 | 2,285 |
| Tonga | - | 4 | 1:26,859 | 378 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | - | 3 | 1:1,174,819 | 6,090 |
| Iceland | 100% | 3 | 1:122,006 | 4,203 |
| Faroe Islands | 100% | 2 | 1:24,564 | 1,836 |
| Micronesia | - | 2 | 1:53,250 | 1,276 |
| Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 100% | 2 | 1:3,158 | 343 |
| Serbia | 100% | 2 | 1:3,572,860 | 8,125 |
| American Samoa | - | 1 | 1:55,845 | 3,376 |
| East Timor | - | 1 | 1:1,218,375 | 811 |
| Equatorial Guinea | - | 1 | 1:1,137,689 | 1,044 |
| Falkland Islands | - | 1 | 1:3,142 | 392 |
| Fiji | - | 1 | 1:892,378 | 3,968 |
| Gibraltar | - | 1 | 1:34,138 | 985 |
| Isle of Man | - | 1 | 1:85,023 | 723 |
| Kosovo | - | 1 | 1:1,861,440 | 22,170 |
| Laos | - | 1 | 1:6,586,856 | 1,888 |
| Lesotho | - | 1 | 1:2,039,997 | 47,971 |
| Maldives | - | 1 | 1:433,903 | 5,827 |
| Marshall Islands | 100% | 1 | 1:51,230 | 5,014 |
| Montenegro | 100% | 1 | 1:634,576 | 4,914 |
| Norfolk Island | - | 1 | 1:2,324 | 291 |
| Northern Cyprus | 100% | 1 | 1:318,133 | 3,044 |
| Solomon Islands | - | 1 | 1:580,957 | 8,641 |
| South Sudan | 100% | 1 | 1:11,551,019 | 3,224 |
| Tuvalu | - | 1 | 1:11,131 | 89 |
The alternate forms: Nádia (21,972), Nàdia (18), Nadía (14), Nadiá (1), Nãdia (1) & Nädia (1) are calculated separately.
Nadia (43,125) may also be a surname.
Nadia Forename Meaning
User-submitted Reference
Nadia (pronunciation: /ˈnɑːdiə/ or /ˈnɒdiə/) 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 regions of the United States and Canada where the aforementioned diasporas are common. 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.
In Arabic, Nadiyyah means 'tender' and 'delicate'.
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Sample size: 5,132 (2014)
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Nadia Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Nadia in the Russian language | ||
| Надиа | nadia | - |
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