# Nadia

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /ˈnɑ.di.ə/ · frequency rank #19,645

## Definitions
1. A female given name from Russian used since the twentieth century.

## Etymology
Originally the French spelling of На́дя (Nádja), an informal Russian pet form of the virtue name Наде́жда (Nadéžda, “Nadezhda, Nadyezhda”, literally “Hope”), from наде́жда (nadéžda, “hope”), entered as a translation of the Ancient Greek word from ἐλπίς (elpís, “hope”) with the same meaning. See also Ἐλπίς (Elpís, “Elpis”).

## Easily confused with
- **nia** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/nadia-vs-nia)
- **NDA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/nadia-vs-nda)
- **nai** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/nadia-vs-nai)
- **nazi** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/nadia-vs-nazi)
- **nail** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/nadia-vs-nail)
- **NASA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/nadia-vs-nasa)
- **nana** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/nadia-vs-nana)
- **napa** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/nadia-vs-napa)
- **naga** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/nadia-vs-naga)
- **nani** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/nadia-vs-nani)
- **Nair** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/nadia-vs-nair)
- **Nara** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/nadia-vs-nara)
- **NAMI** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/nadia-vs-nami)
- **naka** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/nadia-vs-naka)
- **naik** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/nadia-vs-naik)
- **nasi** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/nadia-vs-nasi)
- **Nokia** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/nadia-vs-nokia)
- **NAFTA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/nadia-vs-nafta)
- **nadir** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/nadia-vs-nadir)
- **Nasir** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/nadia-vs-nasir)

## Common misspellings (6)
`andia`, `nadai`, `naddia`, `naida`, `ndaia`, `nnadia`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/nadia