Nada (given name)

Nada is a feminine given name found with the etymology of 'hope' in South Slavic-speaking countries of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Slovenia and Serbia, and the etymology of 'dew' in Arabic-speaking countries.

In Croatia, the name Nada was the second most common feminine given name between 1950 and 1959.[1]

Notable people with the name include:

• Nada Abbas (born 2000), Egyptian squash player
• Nada Birko (1931–2020), Yugoslav cross-country skier
• Nada Boustani Khoury (born 1983), Lebanese politician
• Nada Cristofoli (born 1971), Italian cyclist
• Nada Ćurčija Prodanović (1923–1992), Serbian translator, children's author and piano teacher
• Nada Dimić (1923–1942), Yugoslav war hero
• Nada Gačešić-Livaković (born 1951), Croatian actress
• Nada Golmie, American computer scientist and engineer
• Nada Hafez (born 1997), Egyptian sabre fencer
• Nada Kawar (born 1975), Jordanian athlete
• Nada Klaić (1920–1988), Croatian historian
• Nada Kotlušek (born 1934), Slovenian athlete
• Nada Malanima (born 1953), Italian singer
• Nada Mamula (1927–2001), Bosnian singer
• Nada Matić (born 1984), Serbian table tennis player
• Nada Mezni Hafaiedh (born 1984), Tunisian film director
• Nada Nadim Prouty (born c. 1970), Lebanese intelligence professional of Druze descent
• Nada Naumović (1922–1941), Serbian student activist
• Nada Obrić (born 1948), Bosnian Serb singer
• Nada Rocco (born 1947), Croatian actress
• Nada Shabout (born 1962), American art historian and author of Palestinian and Iraqi descent
• Nada Spasić (born 1934), Yugoslav gymnast
• Nada Šargin (born 1977), Serbian actress
• Nada Tončić (1909–1998), Croatian opera singer
• Nada Zeidan (born 1976), Palestinian athlete