Girl · Russian, through French
Nadine
Say it: nay-DEEN
Meaning
A French form derived from Russian Nadia, a pet form of Nadezhda 'hope'.
Likelythe main view, with some doubt.
Fashionable in France from the late 19th century and in the US from the 1920s to the 1960s.
Its wave through time
Fading since the 1920s
In the United States
- 52,736 babies given this name since 1887
- At its height in 1926, about 1 in 1,500 girls
- 146 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Nadene
| Russian | Nadezhda |
|---|---|
| Russian | Nadia |
Famous bearers
- Nadine Gordimer, South African writer
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Where this comes from
- National birth statistics of European countries source
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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