Nadja
A girls’ name of Russian origin, meaning hope; diminutive of Nadezhda.
Babies a year
12
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list
Nadja by the numbers
Nadja was given to 12 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 52 babies in 1996, so it is a 1990s name that has since fallen a long way.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Nadja. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Other names that mean hope
Like Nadja, 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 Nadja
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