Nadezhda or Nadežda (Cyrillic: Надежда) is a Slavic female given name popular in Russia, Ukraine, Bulgaria, Serbia, Croatia and other Slavic countries, as well as other former Soviet states such as Azerbaijan, Uzbekistan etc. It means "hope". A Russian-language diminutive form of this name is Nadia (Cyrillic Надя). The Belarusian version is Nadzeya (Надзея, Łacinka: Nadzieja, like in Polish), the Ukrainian version is Nadiya (Надія), and the Czech version is Naděžda, where it can also be shortened to Nad'a. In Serbo-Croatian, it can be shortened to Nada or Nađa.

Notable people with these names include:

In politics and public life

• Nadezhda Alliluyeva (Надежда Аллилуева, 1901–1932), second wife of Joseph Stalin
• Nadezhda Bondarenko (Надежда Бондаренко, born 1950), Transnistrian politician and presidential candidate in the 2006 election
• Nadezhda Chaikova (Надежда Чайкова, 1963–1996), Russian correspondent known for exposés of Russian military atrocities and close contacts with the Chechen rebels
• Nadezhda Joffe (Надежда Иоффе, 1906–1999), Soviet Trotskyist and daughter of Soviet leader Adolph Joffe
• Nadezhda Krupskaya (Надежда Крупская, 1869–1939), Russian Marxist revolutionary and wife of Vladimir Lenin
• Nadezhda Neynsky, (Надежда Нейнски, born 1962; formerly Nadezhda Mihaylova, Надежда Михайлова), MEP since 2009, Bulgarian foreign minister 1997–2001, also leader of the Union of Democratic Forces from 2002 to 2005
• Nadezhda Sigida (Надежда Сигид, 1862–1889), Russian revolutionary and central figure of the Kara katorga tragedy
• Nadezhda Stasova (1822–1895), early Russian feminist and educator
• Nadezhda Tolokonnikova (Надежда Толоконникова, born 1989), political activist and artist, nicknamed Nadya Tolokno (Надя Толокно); member of the feminist punk-rock collective Pussy Riot
• Nadezhda Tylik, a Kursk sailor's mother who was forcibly sedated on an internationally distributed news clip
• Nadezhda Vasilyeva (Надежда Васильева, died 1971), one of several women claiming to be Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna of Russia

Sports

• Nadezhda Belonenko (Надежда Белоненко, 1911–1964), Soviet-Russian tennis player
• Nadezhda Besfamilnaya (Надежда Бесфамильная, born 1950), Olympic bronze medal-winning Soviet sprinter
• Nadezhda Chizhova (Надежда Чижова, born 1945), Olympic gold, silver and bronze medal-winning Soviet shot putter
• Nadia Comăneci (born 1961) Romanian gymnast and a five-time Olympic gold medalist
• Nadezhda Frolenkova (Надежда Фроленкова, born 1989), Ukrainian ice dancer
• Nadezhda Gumerova (Надежда Гумерова, born 1949), Kazakhstani long-distance runner
• Nadezhda Ilyina (Надежда Ильина, 1949–2013), Olympic bronze medal-winning Soviet sprinter
• Nadezhda Khnykina-Dvalishvili (Надежда Хныкина-Двалишвили, ნადეჟდა დვალიშვილ-ხნიკინა, 1933–1994), Olympic bronze medal-winning Soviet track and field athlete
• Nadezhda Konyayeva (Надежда Коняева, born 1931), Olympic bronze medal-winning Soviet javelin thrower
• Nadezhda Kosintseva (Надежда Косинцева, born 1985), Russian chess player
• Nadia Marcinko (Naďa or Nadežda Marcinková, born 1986), Slovak American pilot
• Naďa Mertová, Czechoslovak orienteering competitor
• Nadezhda Mushta (Надежда Мушта, 1953–2017, married name Olizarenko), Olympic gold and bronze medal-winning Soviet middle distance runner
• Nadezhda Ralldugina (born 1957), Soviet middle distance runner
• Nadezhda Stepanova (born 1959), Russian long-distance runner
• Nadezhda Torlopova (Надежда Торлопова, born 1978), Olympic silver medal-winning Russian boxer
• Nadezhda Vinogradova (born 1958), Soviet heptathlete
• Nadezhda Wijenberg (Надежда Вейенберг, born 1964), Russian-born long-distance runner who represented the Netherlands at the Sydney Olympics in 2000
• Nadezhda Yakubovich (Надежда Якубович, born 1954), Soviet javelin thrower
• Nadezhda Yevstyukhina (Надежда Евстюхина, born 1988), Russian weightlifter

In the arts

• Nadezhda Babkina (born 1950), Russian and Soviet folk singer
• Nadežda Čačinovič (born 1947), Croatian philosopher, sociologist and author of Slovene descent
• Naďa Konvalinková (Naděžda Konvalinková; born 1951), Czech actress
• Nadezhda Mandelstam (Надежда Мандельштам, 1899–1980), Russian writer and wife of poet Osip Mandelstam
• Nadezhda von Meck (Надежда фон Мекк, 1831–1894), Russian widow best known for her relationship with Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
• Nadezhda Mikhalkova (Надежда Михалкова, born 1986), Russian actress and daughter of Nikita Mikhalkov
• Nadezhda Misyakova (Надежда Мисякова, born 2000), Belarusian singer
• Nadezhda Obukhova (Надежда Обухова, 1886–1961), Russian mezzo-soprano
• Nadežda Petrović (Надежда Петровић, 1873–1915), Serbian painter
• Nadezhda Plevitskaya (Надежда Плевицкая, 1884–1940), Russian singer
• Nađa Regin (Nadežda Poderegin, 1931–2019), Serbian singer
• Nadezhda Repina (Надежда Репина, 1809–1867), Russian actress and soprano
• Nadezhda Rumyantseva (Надежда Румянцева, 1930–2008), Soviet and Russian actress
• Nadezhda Teffi (Надежда Тэффи, 1872–1952), Russian humorist writer
• Nadezhda Udaltsova (Надежда Удальцова, 1886–1961), Russian avant-garde artist
• Nadezhda Zabela-Vrubel (Надежда Забела–Врубель, 1868–1913), Russian soprano

In the military

• Nadezhda Durova (Надежда Дурова, 1783–1866), woman who became a decorated soldier during the Napoleonic wars
• Nadezhda Popova (Надежда Попова, 1921–2013), squadron commander during World War II awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union

Fictional characters

• Nadezhda, original Russian name of Elizabeth Jennings on the TV series The Americans
• Nadezhda, on the TV series Dexter, who goes by the diminutive Nadia
• Nadia, on the TV series LOST, is Sayid's love interest
• Nadia, the main character on the Netflix TV series Russian Doll

See also

Look up Nadezhda or Надежда in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.

• Nadia
• Nadine (given name)
• Slavic names