Nada
A Slavic name meaning "hope," the same root that gives Polish its word nadzieja. Barely used here: only around 80 women in Poland carry it, so most Poles have never met one.
Nada Pronunciation
Nada is pronounced NAH-dah (/ˈnada/).
What Nada means
Where Nada comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Nada begins in Slavic ground, a short form of Nadežda, the same name that in Polish becomes Nadzieja. The meaning is hope. In Bosnia, Croatia, Slovenia and Serbia the short form long ago stepped out on its own and became a full name a woman keeps for life.
There is a second Nada, and it arrives from Arabic. There the word نَدَى means dew, the water that sits on grass before dawn, and by extension generosity. Two languages reached the same four letters from opposite directions. A Polish teacher calling Nada from a class register cannot tell which one a child was given.
In Poland the name stays uncommon and reads as foreign, nearer the Balkans than Mazovia. The root, though, is known to everyone, because Nadzieja carries the martyr-daughter of Saint Sophia and her name-day on 15 May. Behind the short, borrowed-sounding Nada sits one plain Polish word: nadzieja, hope.
How many people are named Nada
1 in 278319 women in Poland is named Nada. 81 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #3942 among female names.
Nada's popularity over time
Fewer than 2 girls were given the name in 2025. It has been climbing since 2025.
Nada as a middle name
Nada is a first name for 81 women in Poland and a middle name for another 16, an 84/16 split. In the women's middle-name ranking it sits 1850th, between Morgana (16) and Nadin (16).
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#1848 Mijal16
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#1849 Morgana16
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#1850 Nada16
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#1851 Nadin16
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#1852 Natacha16