Nedia
Nédia Semedo is a retired Portuguese athlete who competed in the middle-distance events. She represented her country at the 2004 Summer Olympics narrowly missing the semifinals. Her biggest successes are the silver medal at the 2001 Summer Universiade and the sixth place at the 2002 European Championships.
Meaning & Origin of Nedia
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Nédia Semedo is a retired Portuguese athlete who competed in the middle-distance events. She represented her country at the 2004 Summer Olympics narrowly missing the semifinals. Her biggest successes are the silver medal at the 2001 Summer Universiade and the sixth place at the 2002 European Championships.
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The Story of Nedia
Nedia first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1924, with 5 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1954: 8 births, good for #4,277 nationwide. About 25% of every Nedia on record arrived during the 1950s, its defining decade. Nedia last appeared in the published SSA data in 1993, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 55 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1920s to the 2020s.
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About the name Nedia
Nedia is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1924 and has accumulated 55 births in the dataset. Nedia's peak popularity came in 1954 when it ranked #4,277. Use the chart and map above to compare Nedia's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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- 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 .
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