| The girl name Nadezhda [ syll. na-dez-(h)da, nad-ez-hda ] is pronounced as NahDehZ-Dah KEY. Nadezhda is used mostly in Russian and Slavic. It is of Russian origin. Derived literally from the word 'nadezhda' which has the meaning hope. The name was first adopted for the theological associations of its meaning. The pet forms of the name, such as Nadia, are more well known today. Prior to the 20th century, the names were almost unheard of among English- and French-speakers. The introduction of Russian names came primarily from the worldwide performances of Sergei Diaghilev's acclaimed Ballets Russes in the early 20th century. Notable bearers in politics include Nadezhda Krupskaya (1869-1939), the wife of the Russian leader Lenin, as well as Nadezhda Alliluyeva-Stalina (1901-1932), the second wife of Stalin. Other bearers include the influential French composer and conductor Nadia Boulanger (1887-1979), the South African writer and activist Nadine Gordimer (1923-), and the Romanian gymnast and multiple Olympic gold medallist Nadia Comaneci (1961-). The French Nadege, the Russian and Slavic Nadejda, the Czech and Russian Nadezda, the French Nadina, the English and French Nadine, the German, Italian, and Russian Nadja, the Russian Nadyusha, and the Czech and Polish Nadzieja are variant forms of Nadezhda. The pet forms Nada (German, Italian, and Russian), Nadeja (Czech), Nadia (English, French, German, Italian, and Russian), and Nadya (Russian) are other variants of the name. See also the related form, the Hungarian Reményke. Nadezhda is an uncommon baby girl name. It is not in the top 1000 names. In 2007, among the family of girl names directly related to Nadezhda, the English, French, German, Italian, Russian, and Arabic Nadia was the most widely used. Baby names that sound like Nadezhda include the Russian and Slavic name Nadejda and the Czech and Russian name Nadezda. KEY: approx English pronunciation for Nadezhda: N as in "knee (N.IY)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)" ; D as in "dee (D.IY)" ; EH as in "Ed (EH.D)" ; Z as in "zee (Z.IY)" ; D as in "dee (D.IY)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)"
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