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, as well as other former Soviet states such as Azerbaijan, Uzbekistan, and Ukraine. 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 Надя). The Belarusian version is Nadzeya (Надзея, Łacinka: Nadzieja), the Serbo-Croatian version is Nada, and the Czech version is Naděžda.

In politics and news media

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 Alliluyeva (Надежда Аллилуева, 1901–1932), second wife of Joseph Stalin
Nadezhda Krupskaya (Надежда Крупская, 1869–1939), Russian Marxist revolutionary and wife of Vladimir Lenin
Nadezhda Joffe (Надежда Иоффе, 1906–1999), Soviet Trotskyist and daughter of Soviet leader Adolph Joffe
Nadezhda Sigida (Надежда Сигид, 1862–1889), Russian revolutionary and central figure of the Kara katorga tragedy
Nadezhda Bondarenko (Надежда Бондаренко, born 1950), Transnistrian politician and presidential candidate in the 2006 election
Nadezhda Vasilyeva (Надежда Васильева, died 1971), one of several women claiming to be Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna of Russia
Nadezhda Tylik, a Kursk sailor's mother who was forcibly sedated on an internationally distributed news clip
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 Chaikova (Надежда Чайкова, 1963–1996), Russian correspondent known for exposés of Russian military atrocities and close contacts with the Chechen rebels

Sports

Nadezhda Chizhova (Надежда Чижова, born 1945), Olympic gold, silver and bronze medal-winning Soviet shot putter
Nadezhda Belonenko (Надежда Белоненко, 1911–1964), Soviet-Russian tennis player
Nadezhda Besfamilnaya (Надежда Бесфамильная, born 1950), Olympic bronze medal-winning Soviet sprinter
Nadezhda Frolenkova (Надежда Фроленкова, born 1989), Ukrainian ice dancer
Nadezhda Gumerova (Надежда Гумерова, born 1949), Kazakhstani long-distance runner
Nadezhda Ilyina (Надежда Ильина, born 1949), 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 Kosintseva (Надежда Косинцева, born 1985), Russian chess player
Nadezhda Konyayeva (Надежда Коняева, born 1931), Olympic bronze medal-winning Soviet javelin thrower
Nadezhda Olizarenko (Надежда Олизаренко, born 1953), 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 Tkachenko (Надія Ткаченко, born 1948), Olympic gold medal-winning Soviet pentathlete
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 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 Misyakova (Надежда Мисякова, born 2000), Belarusian singer
Nadezhda Udaltsova (Надежда Удальцова, 1886–1961), Russian avant-garde artist
Nadezhda Teffi (Надежда Тэффи, 1872–1952), Russian humorist writer
Nadezhda Zabela-Vrubel (Надежда Забела–Врубель, 1868–1913), Russian soprano
Nadezhda Repina (Надежда Репина, 1809–1867), Russian actress and soprano
Nadezhda Rumyantseva (Надежда Румянцева, 1930–2008), Soviet and Russian actress
Nadezhda Plevitskaya (Надежда Плевицкая, 1884–1940), Russian singer
Nadežda Petrović (Надежда Петровић, 1873–1915), Serbian painter
Nadezhda Obukhova (Надежда Обухова, 1886–1961), Russian mezzo-soprano

In the military

Nadezhda Durova (Надежда Дурова, 1783–1866), woman who became a decorated soldier during the Napoleonic wars
Nadezhda Popova (Надежда (Надія) Попова, 1921–2013), one of the first military female pilots in the Soviet Union

Fictional characters

Nadezhda, original Russian name of Elizabeth Jennings (The Americans)