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Nadia is a female name. Variations include Nadja, Nadya, Nadine, Nadiya, and Nadiia. Most variations of the name are derived from Arabic, Slavic languages, or both.

In many Slavic languages, names similar to Nadia mean "hope": Ukrainian Nadiya (Надія, accent on the i), Czech Naďa, Belarusian Nadzieja (Надзея, accent on the e), and Old Polish Nadzieja, all of which are derived from Proto-Slavic *naděja, the first three 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 Nadezhda (Надежда), meaning "hope" and derived from Old Church Slavonic, which it entered as a translation of the Greek word ἐλπίς (Elpis), with the same meaning; in those languages, Nadia often is used as a full name in its own right.

In Arabic, the name is Nadiyyah, meaning "tender" and "delicate".

Academics and scientists

Nadia Abu El Haj (born 1962), assistant professor at Barnard College

Nadia E. Brown, American political scientist

Nadia Chaudhri (1978–2021), Canadian psychologist

Nadia Makram Ebeid, Egyptian academic

Nadia Fröbisch (born 1976), German vertebrae paleontologist and developmental biologist

Nadia Ghazzali (born 1961), Moroccan-Canadian statistician and university administrator

Nadia Hohn, Canadian educator and author

Nadia Yala Kisukidi (born 1978), French philosopher, writer and academic

Nadia Lapusta, professor of mechanical engineering and geophysics

Nadia Maftouni (born 1966), Iranian philosopher and artist

Nadia Nurhussein (born 1974), American academic

Nadia Pinardi (born 1956), Italian oceanographer

Nadia Robotti, Italian historian of physics

Nadia Rosenthal (born 1953), heart development-related researcher

Nadia Magnenat Thalmann (born 1946), computer graphics scientist

Nadia Waloff (1909–2001), English entomologist

Nadia Zakamska, Russian-American astronomer and professor

Nadia Zyncenko (born 1948), Argentine weather forecaster and meteorologist

Actresses, entertainers and models

Nadia Aboulhosn (born 1988), American fashion blogger, model and designer

Nadia Afgan (born 1970), Pakistani actress and comedian

Nadia Ahmed (born 1982), Bangladeshi actress and dancer

Nadia Al-Gindi (born 1946), Egyptian actress and producer

Nadia Al-Iraqia (1963–2021), Iraqi actress

Nadia Alexander (born 1994), American actress

Nadia Ali, Pakistani American former pornographic actress

Nadia Almada (born 1977), Portuguese-born British television personality

Nadia Barentin (1936–2011), French actress

Nadia Ben Rachid (born 1962), French-Tunisian film editor

Nadia Bjorlin (born 1980), American actress

Nadia Buari (born 1982), Ghanaian actress

Nadia Cassini (1949–2025), American actress

Nadia Cattouse (born 1924), British actress, singer and songwriter

Nadia Chambers (born 1968), Welsh actress

Nadia Dajani (born 1965), American actress

Nadia de Santiago (born 1990), Spanish actress

Nadia Di Cello (born 1989), Argentine actress

Nadia El Fani (born 1960), French-Tunisian film director

Nadia Farès (1968–2026), Moroccan-born French actress

Nadia Fares Anliker (born 1962), Swiss film director

Nadia Ferreira (born 1999), Paraguayan fashion model and beauty pageant titleholder

Nadia Forde (born 1989), Irish model and television personality

Nadia Gray (1923–1994), Romanian film actress

Nadia Hamza, Egyptian filmmaker

Nadia Hasnaoui (born 1963), Norwegian television presenter

Nadia Heng (born 1985), Malaysian model

Nadia Hilker (born 1988), German actress and model

Nadia Hussain (born 1979), Pakistani TV actress, host, model entrepreneur and fashion designer

Nadia Jae (born 1986), British radio presenter and DJ

Nadia Jamil (born 1980), Pakistani actress and host

Nadia Kaci (born 1970), Algerian actress

Nadia Khan (born 1972), Pakistani actress and presenter

Nadia Kounda (born 1989), Moroccan film actress

Nadia Labidi (born 1954), Algerian filmmaker

Nadia Litz (born 1976), Canadian actress

Nadia Lun (born 1986), Miss Hong Kong 2008 contestant and actress

Nadia Lutfi (1937–2020), Egyptian actress

Nadia Mejia (born 1995), American-Ecuadorian model and beauty pageant titleholder

Nadia Afrin Mim, Bangladeshi actress and model

Nadia Mukami (born 1996), Kenyan singer

Nadia Nadarajah, Sri Lankan-British actress

Nadia Nerina (1927–2008), South African dancer

Nadia Niazi, Moroccan actress

Nadia Parfan (born 1986), Ukrainian film director and creative producer

Nadia Parkes, English actress

Nadia Sawalha (born 1964), English actress and television presenter

Nadia Szold (born 1984), American filmmaker

Nadia Tass (born c. 1959), Macedonian-Australian film director and producer

Nadia Tereszkiewicz (born 1996), French-Finnish actress

Nadia Townsend (born 1979), Australian actress

Artists

Nadia Benbouta (born 1970), Algerian artist

Nadia Benois (1896–1975), Russian-British painter

Nadia Chomyn (1967–2015), British autistic artist

Nadia Granados (born 1978), Colombian performance artist

Nadia Hebson, British artist

Nadia Huggins (born 1984), Trinidadian photographer

Nadia Kaabi-Linke (born 1978), Tunisian artist

Nadia Lee Cohen (born 1992), British artist, photographer and filmmaker

Nadia Khodasevich Léger (1904–1982), French painter

Nadia Lichtig (born 1973), German visual artist

Nadia Myre, Canadian artist

Nadia Plesner, Danish/Dutch painter

Nadia Sirry (born 1958), Egyptian artist

Nadia Stacey, British make-up artist

Athletes

Nadia Abdalá (born 1988), Mexican professional tennis player

Nadia Akpana Assa (born 1995), Norwegian long jumper

Nadia Al-Hindi (born 1972), Jordanian table tennis player

Nadia Assaf (born 1985), Lebanese football manager and former football and futsal player

Nadia Báez (born 1989), Argentine Paralympic swimmer

Nadia Battocletti (born 2000), Italian long-distance runner

Nadia Belakhdar (born 1991), Algerian handball player

Nadia Ben Azizi (born 2002), Tunisian fencer

Nádia Bento de Lima (born 1966), Brazilian basketball player

Nadia von Bertouch (born 1995), Australian rules footballer

Nadia Bisiach (born 1965), Australian table tennis player

Nadia Bonfini (born 1965), Italian alpine skier

Nadia Bordon (born 1988), Argentine handball player

Nadia Centoni (born 1981), Italian volleyball player

Nadia Colón (born 2002), Dominican footballer

Nadia Comăneci (born 1961), Romanian Olympic gold medal-winning gymnast

Nadia Coolen (born 1994), Dutch football forward

Nadia Cortassa (born 1978), Italian triathlete

Nádia Cruz (born 1975), Angolan swimmer

Nadia Dandolo (born 1962), Italian long-distance runner

Nadia Davy (born 1980), Jamaican sprinter

Nadia De Nardin (born 1975), Italian ice hockey player

Nadia Delago (born 1997), Italian alpine skier

Nadia Ducreux (born 1992), Panamanian footballer

Nadia Echeverría Alam (born 1995), American-Venezuelan tennis player

Nadia Ejjafini (born 1977), Moroccan-born long-distance runner

Nadia Eke (born 1993), Ghanaian triple jumper

Nadia Fadhil, Iraqi footballer

Nadia Falvo (born 1963), Italian middle-distance runner

Nadia Fanchini (born 1986), Italian alpine skier

Nadia Fezzani (swimmer), Libyan swimmer

Nadia Fingall (born 1998), American basketball player

Nadia Gautschi (born 1954), Swiss archer

Nádia Gomes (born 1996), Portuguese footballer

Nadia Graham (born 1974), Jamaican sprinter

Nadia Gruny (born 1984), American cricketer

Nadia Guimendego (born 1997), Central African-French judoka

Nadia Haro Oliva (1918–2014), French-Mexican fencer and actress

Nadia Hațegan (born 1979), Romanian gymnast

Nadia Margrét Jamchi, Icelandic figure skater

Nadia Johnston (born 1977), Australian beach tennis player

Nadia Kassem (born 1995), Australian mixed martial arts fighter

Nadia Khan (footballer) (born 2001), Pakistani footballer

Nadia Kjældgaard (born 1978), Danish footballer

Nadia Krüger (born 1968), Swiss swimmer

Nadia Lalami (born 1990), Moroccan tennis player

Nadia Lawrence (born 1989), Welsh footballer

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