Girl · Russian, translating Greek
Nadezhda
Say it: nah-DYEZH-dah
Meaning
Russian nadezhda 'hope', a translation of the Greek saint's name Elpis.
Certainscholars agree on this meaning.
Like Vera and Lyubov, it came from the martyr sisters of the calendar and was common in 19th- and 20th-century Russia.
Its wave through time
Rare in the records
In the United States
- 258 babies given this name since 1993
- At its height in 2010, about 1 in 104,500 girls
- 7 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Надежда, Nadia
| Ukrainian | Nadiia |
|---|---|
| Bulgarian | Nadezhda |
| Serbian | Nada |
| Polish | Nadzieja |
Famous bearers
- Nadezhda Krupskaya, wife of Lenin
- Nadezhda Durova, Russian cavalry officer
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Where this comes from
- Lives of the saints and early Christian martyrologies
- Calendars of saints and name days
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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