Nadja (given name)

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Nadja is a female name, that is used predominantly throughout the Mediterranean region, and the Arab world. Its origins are in the Arabic languages. The Serbian and Montenegrin spelling is Nađa.

Notable people with the name include:

Nadja Abd el Farrag (born 1965), German television personality
Nadja Auermann (born 1971), German model and actress
Nadja Awad (born 1991), Swedish politician
Nadja Becker (born 1978), German actress
Nadja Benaissa (born 1982), German singer, member of No Angels
Nadja Bender (born 1990), Danish fashion model
Nadja Bergknecht, German swimmer
Nadja Bernhard [de] (born 1975), Austrian news presenter
Nadja Breytenbach (born 1995), Namibian model and beauty pageant titleholder
Nadja Drost, Canadian journalist
Nadja Drygalla (born 1989), German rower
Nadja Durbach, American professor of history
Nađa Đurđevac (born 2002), Montenegrin football player
Nadja Furrer (born 1998), Swiss footballer
Nadja Halilbegovich (born 1979), Bosnian author, speaker and peace activist
Nađa Higl (born 1987), Serbian swimmer
Nadja Hirsch (born 1978), German politician
Nadja Holm (born 1997), Swedish singer
Nadja Horwitz (born 1996), Chilean sailor
Nadja Hüpscher (born 1972), Dutch actress and writer
Nađa Kadović (born 2003), Montenegrin handball player
Nadja Kälin, Swiss cross-country skier
Nadja Kamer (born 1986), Swiss alpine skier
Nadja Käther (born 1988), German track and field athlete
Nadja Malacrida, pen-name of Louisa Nadia Green (1896—1934), British poet
Nadja Michael, German soprano
Nadja Nadgornaja (born 1988), German handball player
Nađa Ninković (born 1991), Serbian volleyball player
Nadja Obrist, Austrian Paralympic alpine skier
Nadja Oertelt, American science communicator
Nadja Petrovic, Macedonian painter
Nadja Peulen, German bass guitarist for Coal Chamber
Nadja Pries (born 1994), German BMX racer
Nadja Purtschert (born 1989), Swiss snowboarder
Nadja Ramskogler (born 2000), Austrian tennis player
Nadja Regin (1931–2019), Serbian actress
Nadja Roma (born 1988), Swedish tennis player
Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg (born 1961), US violinist
Nadja Sellrup (born 1977), Swedish ballet dancer
Nadja Sieger (born 1967), Swiss comedian
Nadja Spiegelman (born 1987), American writer
Nađa Stanović (born 1999), Montenegrin football player
Nadja Stefanoff (born 1976), German operatic soprano
Nadja Sthamer (born 1990), German politician
Nadja Swarovski (born 1970), Austrian business executive
Nadja Tesich, Serbian-American writer, filmmaker, actress and activist
Nadja Tiller (1929–2023), Austrian actress
Nadja Uhl (born 1972), German actress
Nadja West (born 1961), Surgeon General of the US Army

Fictional characters:

Nadja, main character of the 1928 surrealist novel Nadja by André Breton
Nadja, the main character of the anime Ashita no Nadja
Nadja Nilsson, a fictional character in the Bert diaries
Nadja, vampire character in the TV series What We Do in the Shadows
Nadja Chamack, a character in the animated series Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug and Cat Noir
Arle Nadja, character in Madou Monogatari and Puyo Puyo franchise.

See also