Nadia (given name)

Nadja or Nadia is a female first name.

Origin and Meaning of the Name

Nadja is the diminutive ( a diminutive ) of the Russian name Nadezhda means " hope." It is one of the oldest Russian name that has also been adopted in other (mostly European) languages ​​(such as Esperanza, Hope, or Espérance Speranza ).

Historically, the name refers to one of the three daughters of the Holy Wisdom of Milan. These were called Fides (Eng. "faith" ), Spes ( "Hope "). and Caritas ( " love") .. A legend tells that the noble Christian widow Sophia distributed their possessions to the poor and with her three daughters from Milan to Rome traveled, there to die a martyr's death. The three daughters were tried and executed under Emperor Hadrian. The mother buried her in a September 30 on the Via Appia, and died three days later.

Homonyms

In the East, the Persian name is Nadjya ( " morning dew " ), which is also derived from Arabic ( " spokesperson " or " Ruferin " ), very popular. An etymological relationship to the Russian name does not exist.

Name-day

Variants

  • Nada, Nadège, Nadezhda, Nadi, Nadia, Nadia, Nadia, Nadine, Nadinka, Nadjana, Nadya, Nadyuscha, Nadyuschka, Nadl, Natja, Nadja, Naddy

Famous names winners

  • Nadia Comaneci ( born 1961 ), Romanian gymnast
  • Nadia Styger (born 1978 ), Swiss alpine skier
  • Nadia Zülow (* 1977), German vaulter
  • Nadja Abd el Farrag (* 1965), German presenter ( Naddel )
  • Nadja Auermann (born 1971 ), German model and actress
  • Nadja Benaissa (* 1982 ), German pop singer
  • Nadja Einzmann (* 1974), German writer
  • Nadja Schildknecht (born 1973 ), Swiss entrepreneur
  • Nadja Tiller (* 1929), Austrian actress
  • Nadja Uhl (born 1972 ), German actress
  • Nadja Zimmermann ( b. 1976 ), Swiss TV presenter
  • Nadya Ortiz ( born 1986 ), Colombian chess player
  • Natja Brunckhorst (* 1966), German actress and screenwriter

Fictional people

  • Nadja Nilsson, a main character of youth book series Berts disasters
  • Nadja, protagonist of the novel by André Breton
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