Nadia
Pronounced /ˈnɑ.di.ə/
Pronounced /ˈnɑ.di.ə/
Babies named Nadia per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.
Greatest: 220 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Silent: 275 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Boomers: 673 babies, 0.02 per 1,000. Gen X: 3,915 babies, 0.15 per 1,000. Millennials: 9,405 babies, 0.33 per 1,000. Gen Z: 21,941 babies, 0.76 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 9,587 babies, 0.47 per 1,000.
Originally the French spelling of На́дя (Nádja), an informal Russian pet form of the virtue name Наде́жда (Nadéžda, “Nadezhda, Nadyezhda”, literally “Hope”), from наде́жда (nadéžda, “hope”), entered as a translation of the Ancient Greek word from ἐλπίς (elpís, “hope”) with the same meaning. See also Ἐλπίς (Elpís, “Elpis”). ==== Proper noun ==== Nadia (plural Nadias) A female given name from Russian used since the twentieth century. ===== Related terms =====
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