Nadezhda (given name)

Nadezhda
Gender Female
Origin
Word/name Bulgaria/Russia/Serbia
Other names
Related names Nadia, Nadine

Nadezhda or Nadežda (Cyrillic: Надежда) is a Slavic female given name popular in Russia, Bulgaria, Serbia, Croatia and other Slavic countries. It means "hope". A Russian-language diminutive form of this name, and also the Ukrainian version of this name, is Nadia (also spelled as Nadiya or Nadija, Cyrillic Надія). The Belarusian version is Nadzeya (Надзея, Łacinka: Nadzieja), the Serbo-Croatian version is Nada, and the Czech version is Naděžda.

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