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. 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 * (born 1975), Austrian news presenter * Nadja Brand (born 1975), South African film actor * 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 Nađa Higl (Serbian Cyrillic: Нађа Хигл; born 2 January 1987) is a Serbian swimmer. She was FINA World Aquatics Championships, World Champion in Swimming at the 2009 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 200 metre breaststroke, 200&nb ...

(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 (born 2001), Swiss cross-country skier * Nadja Kamer (born 1986), Swiss alpine skier * Nadja Käther (born 1988), German track and field athlete * Nadja Küchenmeister (born 1981), German poet and writer *

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, p ...

, pen-name of Louisa Nadia Green (1895—1934), British poet * Nadja Maleh (born 1972), Austrian actress * Nadja Verena Marcin, visual artist and organizer * Nadja Michael, German soprano * Nadja Nadgornaja (born 1988), German handball player * Nađa Ninković (born 1991), Serbian volleyball player * Nadja Obrist (born 1972), Austrian Paralympic alpine skier * Nadja Oertelt, American science communicator * Nadja Petrovic (born 1991), 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 Nadja Spiegelman (born May 13, 1987) is an American writer and cartoonist. She is the author of articles, books, and graphic novels, as well as a literary magazine editor. Early life, family and education Nadja Spiegelman is the daughter of car ...

(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 (1939–2014), 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 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'') ...

* 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.

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