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 cognate is Nađa, and it is sometimes written the same.
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 (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
Nadja Furrer (born 1998), Swiss footballer
Nadja Franck (1867–1932), Finnish figure skater
Nadja Halilbegovich (born 1979), Bosnian author, speaker and peace activist
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
Nadja Natalie Isaksen (born 1995), Danish politician
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, 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
Nadja Obrist (born 1972), Austrian Paralympic alpine skier
Nadja Oertelt, American science communicator
Nadja Pasternack (born 1996), Swiss bobsledder
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, stage name of Serbian actress Nadežda "Nađa" Poderegin (1931–2019)
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
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 include:
Nadja, main character of the 1928 surrealist novel Nadja by André Breton
Nadja, main character of the anime Ashita no Nadja
Nadja Nilsson, in the Bert Diaries novel series
Nadja, a vampire in the TV series What We Do in the Shadows
Nadja Chamack, in the animated series Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug and Cat Noir