Nadine
Latin at root, carrying the sense of "hope". It stays rare in Poland: fewer than 400 women alive answer to it, and last year no girls were given it at all.
Nadine Pronunciation
Nadine is pronounced nah-DEE-ne (/naˈdinɛ/).
What Nadine means
Where Nadine comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Nadine came to Poland by way of France, carried in on a Latin root and a French sound. French speakers wore it first as an everyday woman's name, and it grew common there around the middle of the twentieth century. The meaning handed down with it is hope, which in Polish is nadzieja.
The Latin origin sits underneath quietly. The sense of hope was attached to the name over time, the way a word can gather a feeling and keep it. There are no diminutives or variants tied to it here; Nadine stands on its own, short and complete.
Picture an imieniny, when a Nadine is toasted by relatives who may not know the etymology and do not need to. What reaches them is the plain meaning. Under the French surface stay the Latin root and one plain word: hope.
How many people are named Nadine
1 in 56643 women in Poland is named Nadine. 398 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #1487 among female names.
Nadine's popularity over time
Fewer than 2 girls were given the name in 2025. It has been falling steadily since 2000.
Where Nadine is most popular
Nadine is most popular in Masovian, 510% above the national average (2 girls born 2019–2025).
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Masovian2 girls born+510%
Nadine as a middle name
Nadine is a first name for 398 women in Poland and a middle name for another 94, an 81/19 split. In the women's middle-name ranking it sits 690th, between Megan (94) and Saturnina (94).
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#688 Gerarda94
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#689 Megan94
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#690 Nadine94
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#691 Saturnina94
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#692 Stefanie94