Nadia 1

This name is also used in the country of Georgia, where it is a georgianization of Nadiya and Nadya (1). It is one of the many names that was introduced to Georgia when it was part of the Soviet Union, in which the influence of all things Russian (or more generally, Slavic) was strong. Nadia never became wildly popular in Georgia, though. This is probably because the Georgians already had their own name: Natia (different etymology but nearly identical in appearance and pronunciation).

There can also be cases where Nadia is the Georgian form of the Arabic name Nadiyya. This is quite plausible, since Arabic names are part of the Georgian name landscape (or naming culture, if you will). That is despite the fact that Georgia is a staunchly Christian country.

Lastly, Nadia is written as ნადია in Georgian.

For more information, please see:

- http://kids.ge/baby-name?id=1696 (in Georgian)
- see the entry for Nadezhda, which mentions Nadia: https://web.archive.org/web/20120608184339/http://name.interes.ge/dreams.php?action=view&id=684&from=action=search|by=%E1%83%9C (in Georgian)
- http://www.geogen.ge/ge/wsearch/4316/ (in Georgian; see the entry for Nadezhda at the very top)
- Nadia Murad (b. 1993) is technically an example of how Nadiyya becomes Nadia in Georgian: https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%9C%E1%83%90%E1%83%93%E1%83%98%E1%83%90_%E1%83%9B%E1%83%A3%E1%83%A0%E1%83%90%E1%83%93%E1%83%98 (in Georgian)
- (general): https://www.linkedin.com/pub/dir/?first=Nadia&last=&search=Zoeken
- You can also find a good amount of bearers on Facebook. Here are some examples of bearers that I found on there (for privacy reasons, I will refrain from directly linking to their profiles):

• Nadia Gvinia.shvili
• Nadia Javakhi.shvili
• Nadia Karchila.dze
• Nadia Khidish.eli
• Nadia Nana.shvili
• Nadia Pircxalai.shvili
• Nadia Talakha.dze
• Nadia Tinika.shvili
• Nadia Tvildi.ani

NOTE: all of these people have a public profile, i.e. apparently they do not mind being searchable and googleable.

An exact Google search for "Nadia" + "ge.linkedin" will also turn up Georgian bearers, although it should be noted that LinkedIn has a much smaller database than Facebook.

― Lucille 7/11/2020

Also Spanish: https://www.ine.es/tnombres/formGeneralresult.do?vista=3 [noted -ed]

― Anonymous User 12/21/2019

Also Galician: http://www.ige.eu/igebdt/esq.jsp?idioma=gl&ruta=onomast/nomes.jsp
https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lista_de_nomes_femininos_en_galego#I

― Anonymous User 12/21/2019

Also Polish.

― Anonymous User 11/12/2019

The Romanian gymnast Nadia Comaneci is famous because at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, when she was 14 years old, she became the first female Olympian to score a perfect 10. Nadia won three gold medals that summer, and her picture was on the cover of Time Magazine on the 2nd August 1976. Her fame gave the name Nadia a boost in popularity in the USA - in 1975 there were 84 babies born named Nadia, but in 1976 the number had shot up to 585, making it #360 on the chart. According to the SSA’s baby name list there were also 9 babies born in 1976 named Nadia's surname, Comaneci.

― Anonymous User 7/10/2012

This is a somewhat common name in Portugal, but it is usually spelled NÁDIA.

― angelsariel 12/31/2005

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