# Nadezhda (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/nadezhda/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | “hope” |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 291 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 291 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 17, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Transliteration of Russian Наде́жда (Nadéžda), from наде́жда (nadéžda, “hope”).

## What it means

Nadezhda is grouped under hope.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 17 | 7,419 |
| 2011 | 11 | 10,198 |
| 2012 | 15 | 8,090 |
| 2013 | 11 | 10,048 |
| 2014 | 16 | 7,547 |
| 2015 | 8 | 12,661 |
| 2016 | 11 | 9,888 |
| 2017 | 13 | 8,643 |
| 2018 | 10 | 10,339 |
| 2019 | 6 | 15,047 |
| 2020 | 8 | 11,813 |
| 2021 | 9 | 10,866 |
| 2022 | 8 | 11,914 |
| 2023 | 9 | 10,910 |
| 2025 | 6 | 14,395 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 4 | 4,764 |
| 2012 | 3 | 5,876 |
| 2015 | 3 | 5,730 |
| 2018 | 3 | 5,666 |
| 2020 | 4 | 4,535 |

## In other languages

- Arabic: نَادِيجْدَا
- Chinese: 娜傑日達 /娜杰日达
- Czech: Naděžda
- French: Nadège
- German: Nadeschda
- Hungarian: Nagyezsda
- Japanese: ナデジダ
- Korean: 나데즈다
- Latvian: Nadežda
- Russian: Наде́жда
- Ukrainian: Надія

## People named Nadezhda

- Nadezhda Neynski, Bulgarian politician
- Nadezhda Aleksieva, Bulgarian biathlete
- Nadezhda Olimpievna Ziber-Shumova, chemist and mycologist (1854–1916)
- Nadezhda Gracheva, ballet dancer
- Nadezhda Lamanova, fashion designer from Russia (1861–1941)
- Nadzeya Liapeshka, Belarusian canoeist (born 1989)
- Nadzeya Pisarava, Belarusian biathlete
- Nadia Léger, French painter (1904–1982)
- Nadejda Stancioff, Bulgarian diplomat
- Nadiya Kazimirchuk, fencer

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.