Meaning, origin and history of the name Nadezhda

Gender Feminine

Meaning & History

Means "hope" in Russian and Bulgarian.

VariantsNadejda (Russian) Nadejda (Bulgarian)

DiminutivesNadia, Nadya (Russian) Nadia, Nadka, Nadya (Bulgarian)

Other Languages & CulturesNadzeya (Belarusian) Nàdia (Catalan) Nada, Nadica (Croatian) Naděžda, Naďa (Czech) Nadine (Dutch) Nadia, Nadine (English) Nadège, Nadia, Nadine (French) Nadine, Nadja (German) Nadia (Italian) Nadežda (Latvian) Nada (Macedonian) Nadzieja, Nadia (Polish) Nádia (Portuguese) Nada, Nadežda, Nadica (Serbian) Nadežda (Slovak) Nada, Nadja (Slovene) Nadia (Spanish) Nadia, Nadiia, Nadiya (Ukrainian)

classic mature formal upper class natural wholesome strong refined strange complex serious

Bulgaria: September 17

Russia: September 30