Nadiya
A girls’ name of Arabic origin, meaning hope; variant of Nadine.
Babies a year
6
England and Wales, 2025
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
#3705
6 babies
Nadiya by the numbers
In 2025, 6 babies in England and Wales were named Nadiya. In the US, 27 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
It is used at about the same rate on both sides of the Atlantic.
Its American peak was 78 babies in 2003, making it a 2000s name.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Nadiya. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Nadiahope; from nadezhda777 in the US (2017)
- Nadyahope; a form of Nadezhda49 in the US (2017)
- Nadiyahtender, delicate; a form of Nadia6 in England and Wales (2025)
- Nadirarare, precious, uncommon5 in England and Wales (2025)
- Nasiyamiracle of God; feminine form of Nasi12 in the US (2017)
- Naiya8 in England and Wales (2025)
Other names that mean hope
Like Nadiya, each of these has hope in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Hopeexpectation; desire for good things276 in England and Wales (2025)
- Amalhope or aspiration278 in England and Wales (2025)
- Esperanzahope270 in the US (2017)
- Ashahope, desire, wish212 in the US (2017)
- Nadinehope; from the Russian Nadezhda177 in the US (2017)
- Aashvihopeful, wishing, or aspirational17 in England and Wales (2025)
Names about as common as Nadiya
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