Nadezhda (given name)

Updated on Dec 09, 2024

Edit

Comment

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

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 Надя). The Belarusian version is Nadzeya (Надзея, Łacinka: Nadzieja), the Serbo-Croatian version is Nada, and the Czech version is Naděžda.

Nadezhda is the name of:

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 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)

References

Nadezhda (given name) Wikipedia

(Text) CC BY-SA