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 Europe, Western and Southern Europe and Anatolia, on the south by North Africa ...

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, German singer, member of No Angels * Nadja Bender, Danish fashion model * (born 1975), Austrian news presenter * Nađa Đurđevac (born 2002), Montenegrin football player *

Nađa Higl Nađa Higl (Serbian Cyrillic: Нађа Хигл; born 2 January 1987) is a Serbian swimmer. She was World Champion in 200 m breaststroke. Higl was awarded the title "Serbian Sportswoman of the year" for the year 2009 by the Olympic Commit ...

, Serbian swimmer * Nađa Kadović (born 2003), Montenegrin handball player * Nadja Käther, German track and field athlete * Nadja Malacrida, pen-name of Louisa Nadia Green (1896—1934), British poet * Nađa Ninković, Serbian volleyball player *

Nadja Peulen Coal Chamber is an American nu metal band formed by Dez Fafara and Meegs Rascón in Los Angeles, California in 1993. Prior to Coal Chamber, the two had also created the band She's in Pain, in 1992. The original lineup also consisted of bassist ...

, 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 Nadja Sieger (* 22. Mai 1968 in Zürich) is a Swiss comedian, singer, writer, actress and producer, better known as ''Nadeschkin'' of the comedian duo Ursus & Nadeschkin. Life and career Born 1968 in Zürich, Nadja Sieger attended a Gymnasium i ...

(*1967), Swiss comedian *

Nađa Stanović Nađa Stanović (born 10 September 1999) is a Montenegrin footballer who plays as a forward and has appeared for the Montenegro women's national team. Career Stanović has been capped for the Montenegro national team, appearing for the team d ...

(born 1999), Montenegrin football player 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 The Bert Diaries are a series of novels written in the form of a diary, by Swedish writers Anders Jacobsson and Sören Olsson. The main character is a Swedish teenager called Bert Ljung, living in Öreskoga, a fictional town in Sweden, in the lat ...

, 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 Clem ...

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

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