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Nadia

A short form of the Slavic Nadezhda, which is simply the word for hope. Familiar across Poland but past its peak: it crested in the 2010s, and fewer girls get it each year now.

Nadia Pronunciation

Nadia is pronounced NAHD-yah (/ˈnadja/).

Related names
Nadina
Alive in 2025
54,388
Newborns 2025
1,138
National rank
#179
Also celebrates
15 May
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What Nadia means

Where Nadia comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.

Nadia grew out of Slavic soil, a short form of Nadezhda, which means hope. In Polish that word is nadzieja. The name kept its meaning while shedding its length, so what a child answers to is, quite plainly, hope.

Spelling shifts as the name crosses borders. In German and Scandinavian records you meet Nadja, the same name in a different coat. In Poland the affectionate form is Nadzia, the version a grandmother reaches for. Picture a school register: the full Nadia stands beside the surname, while at home the softer Nadzia does the daily work.

One bearer is easy to check. Nadia Comăneci, the Romanian gymnast, scored the first perfect ten at the 1976 Montreal Olympics. Her name shares that same Slavic root and the same short meaning, hope.

When Nadia celebrates name day

Nadia appears 2 times in the Polish name day calendar, never as a main name. The first of these dates is 15 May.

Next name day
15 May
Saturday in 2027
Next one in 202 days
Also celebrates

Rarer dates. Only the most complete calendars add this name on these days. Most skip them, so hardly anyone celebrates then.

How many people are named Nadia

1 in 415 women in Poland is named Nadia. 54,388 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #179 among female names.

People with the name Nadia 2019 → 2025
54,388 +11,904 since 2019
2020 43,861 +1,377
2021 46,477 +2,616
2022 48,801 +2,324
2023 51,425 +2,624
2024 53,066 +1,641
2025 54,388 +1,322

Nadia's popularity over time

1,138 girls were given the name in 2025, ranking #65 among newborns. It has been climbing since 2000.

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1,138 newborns with the name Nadia in 2025
national rank #65 that year

Where parents choose Nadia

Nadia is most popular in Warmian-Masurian, 44% above the national average (617 girls born 2019–2025), followed by Holy Cross (+37%) and Lubusz (+26%). It is least common in Masovian and Lublin, 36% and 24% below average respectively.

Chosen most
  • Warmian-Masurian
    +44%
    1 in 116 babies
  • Holy Cross
    +37%
    1 in 122 babies
  • Lubusz
    +26%
    1 in 133 babies
Chosen least
  • Masovian
    −36%
    1 in 262 babies
  • Lublin
    −24%
    1 in 221 babies
  • Podlaskie
    −21%
    1 in 212 babies

Nadia as a middle name

Nadia is a first name for 54,388 women in Poland and a middle name for another 6,556, an 89/11 split. In the women's middle-name ranking it sits 131st, between Julianna (6,567) and Liliana (6,539).

As a first name
54,388
As a middle name
6,556
first name 89% middle name 11%
Middle-name ranking women

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