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Nadia is a pet form of the Arabic Nadiyya. Nadia is a variant spelling (English, French, German, Italian, and Russian) of the German, Italian, and Russian Nadja. Nadia is also a pet form (English, French, German, Italian, and Russian) of the Russian and Slavic Nadezhda. Nadia is popular as a baby name for girls, and it is also viewed as rather trendy. The name has been growing in popularity since the 1970s; prior to that, it was of only very light use. Its usage peaked modestly in 2005 with 0.095% of baby girls being given the name Nadia. Its ranking then was #178. In 2007, it ranked at #198 with a usage of 0.081%, and it was the most regularly used among all girl names in its group. Baby names that sound like Nadia include the German, Italian, and Russian Nadja, the Russian and Arabic Nadya, the German, Italian, and Russian Nada, the French Nanette, the French Ninette, the Arabic Nadiyya, and the Italian Ninetta. KEY: Pronunciation for Nadia: N as in "knee (N.IY)" ; AE as in "at (AE.T)" ; D as in "dee (D.IY)" ; Y as in "yield (Y.IY.L.D)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)" ; AA as in "odd (AA.D)" ; D as in "dee (D.IY)" ; Y as in "yield (Y.IY.L.D)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)" A famous person named Nadia is Nadia Comaneci, Gymnast, born 12 November 1961, Onesti, Moldava, Romania.
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