Nadja is a female name, that is used predominantly throughout the

Mediterranean The Mediterranean Sea is a sea connected to the Atlantic Ocean, surrounded by the Mediterranean Basin and almost completely enclosed by land: on the north by Western and Southern Europe and Anatolia, on the south by North Africa, and on the e ...

region, and the

Arab world The Arab world ( ar, اَلْعَالَمُ الْعَرَبِيُّ '), formally the Arab homeland ( '), also known as the Arab nation ( '), the Arabsphere, or the Arab states, refers to a vast group of countries, mainly located in Western A ...

. Its origins are in the Arabic languages. The Serbian and Montenegrin spelling is Nađa. Notable people with the name include: *

Nadja Auermann Nadja Auermann (born 19 March 1971) is a German supermodel and actress. Fashion designer Valentino once commented on her physical resemblance to Marlene Dietrich. A New York Times fashion columnist, Guy Trebay, wrote of her "ice maiden visage a ...

, German model and actress *

Nadja Benaissa Nadja Benaissa (born 26 April 1982) is a German singer and television personality. She rose to fame in late 2000 when she auditioned for the German adaption of the reality television show ''Popstars'' and became a member of the girl group No An ...

, German singer, member of No Angels * Nadja Bender, Danish fashion model * (born 1975), Austrian news presenter *

Nađa Đurđevac Nađa Đurđevac (born 25 August 2002) is a Montenegrin footballer who plays as a forward for Women's League club ŽFK Budućnost Podgorica and the Montenegro women's national team. Club career Đurđevac has played for Budućnost Podgorica in ...

(born 2002), Montenegrin football player * Nađa Higl, Serbian swimmer *

Nađa Kadović Nađa Kadović (born 28 August 2003) is a Montenegrin handball player for ŽRK Budućnost Podgorica and the Montenegrin national team. She was selected as part of the Montenegrin 35-player squad for the 2020 European Women's Handball Champions ...

(born 2003), Montenegrin handball player *

Nadja Käther Nadja Käther (born 29 September 1988) is a German athlete who specialises in the long jump The long jump is a track and field event in which athletes combine speed, strength and agility in an attempt to leap as far as possible from a takeo ...

, German track and field athlete *

Nadja Malacrida Louisa, Marchesa Malacrida de Saint-August (''née'' Louisa Nadia Green, 15 June 1895 – 3 October 1934), known by the pen names Nadja Malacrida and Nadja, was an English writer, radio broadcaster, racing driver, and socialite. A novelist, ...

, pen-name of Louisa Nadia Green (1896—1934), British poet *

Nađa Ninković Nađa Ninković ( sr, Нађа Нинковић; born November 1, 1991) is a professional volleyball player from Serbia, who was a member of the Serbia women's national volleyball team that won the gold medal at the 2011 European Championship in ...

, Serbian volleyball player * Nadja Peulen, German bass guitarist for Coal Chamber *

Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg (born January 10, 1961) is an Italian and American classical violinist and teacher. Early life and education Salerno-Sonnenberg was born in Rome, Italy. Her father left when she was three months old. She emigrated with ...

, US violinist * Nadja Sieger (*1967), Swiss comedian * Nađa Stanović (born 1999), Montenegrin football player Fictional characters: * Nadja, main character of the 1928 surrealist novel

Nadja Nadja may refer to: * Nadja (given name) * Nadja, pen-name of Louisa Nadia Green (1896—1934), British poet * ''Nadja'' (novel), 1928 surrealist novel by André Breton * ''Nadja'' (film), 1994 vampire film by Michael Almereyda * Nadja (band), ...

André Breton André Robert Breton (; 19 February 1896 – 28 September 1966) was a French writer and poet, the co-founder, leader, and principal theorist of surrealism. His writings include the first ''Surrealist Manifesto'' (''Manifeste du surréalisme'') o ...

* Nadja, the main character of the anime ''

Ashita no Nadja is a romance anime produced by Toei Animation and aired between February 2, 2003 and January 25, 2004 on ANN. In 2009, William Winckler Productions produced two all-new English-dubbed movie versions edited from the original series. Producer W ...

'' * Nadja Nilsson, a fictional character in the ''Bert diaries'' * Nadja, vampire character in the TV series ''

What We Do in the Shadows ''What We Do in the Shadows'' is a 2014 New Zealand mockumentary horror comedy film written and directed by Jemaine Clement and Taika Waititi and the first installment in the ''What We Do in the Shadows'' franchise. The film also stars Clemen ...

'' *Nadja Chamack, a character in the animated series '' Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug and Cat Noir''

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