Nadezhda
Nadezhda or Nadežda is a Slavic female given name popular in Belarus, Bulgaria, North Macedonia, Russia, Serbia, Ukraine and other Slavic countries to a lesser extent, as well as other former Soviet states such as Azerbaijan and Uzbekistan. The origin of the name in Old Slavic meant "hope", but this meaning was preserved only in Bulgarian, Macedonian and Russian.
- Russian
- Bulgarian
Meaning & Origin of Nadezhda
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Nadezhda or Nadežda is a Slavic female given name popular in Belarus, Bulgaria, North Macedonia, Russia, Serbia, Ukraine and other Slavic countries to a lesser extent, as well as other former Soviet states such as Azerbaijan and Uzbekistan. The origin of the name in Old Slavic meant "hope", but this meaning was preserved only in Bulgarian, Macedonian and Russian.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Russian
- Bulgarian
The Story of Nadezhda
The earliest SSA record of Nadezhda as a baby girl name dates back to 1993, when 5 babies received it. 2010 was its biggest year on record, with 17 newborns named Nadezhda — #7,217 in the national rankings. About 41% of every Nadezhda on record arrived during the 2010s, its defining decade. Nadezhda last appeared in the published SSA data in 2023, with 9 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 285 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1990s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
Variants & Related Forms of Nadezhda
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Nadezhda. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
Names that sound like Nadezhda
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About the name Nadezhda
Nadezhda is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1993 and has accumulated 285 births in the dataset. Nadezhda's peak popularity came in 2010 when it ranked #7,217. Use the chart and map above to compare Nadezhda's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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