Talk:Nadia (given name)

Information cut and pasted from the Nadia dab page:

Nadia is a word originating in the holy Qur'an and is used as an Arabic name. The name is usually given to a Muslim girl's name, but the use has spread and has developed different meanings in different languages and cultures. However, the original meanings or the Arabic/Quranic meanings are: "the first", "the caller", or "a group of people".

Dina 18:32, 6 December 2006 (UTC)


 * Seems like this content is already in this article for the most part. Dina 18:34, 6 December 2006 (UTC)

I think this page should be merged with Nadezhda, as for the most part, they refer to the same people. Ani td 14:51, 19 February 2007 (UTC)

The name in the Quran
I removed the information below from the article because: [1] it does not have a reference, [2] I believe it is nonsense.

This name is also used in the Middle East where it originates from Arabic (ندية), from the Qur'an. It was first used as a name in the Muslim world and later in the Western world. The meaning of this word in Arabic is "the caller" or "the announcer" of God, and also 'the beginning / the first'. In some European origins, it means "the first dawn on a flower" and means hope in most other European origins.

The name Nadia is also mentioned in the Quran as being the name of a goddess worshipped in pre- Islamic Arabia. The meaning is also in Greek Myth: the one loved of Curtis the honest nymph of the 7 Nymphs of Pericles.

Please do not put it back unless you provide a reliable reference. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 89.100.53.194 (talk) 12:11, 6 April 2008 (UTC)

Merge with Nadia
Why are there two articles for the same name? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.175.94.200 (talk) 00:32, 2 August 2010 (UTC)


 * There aren't now. Clarityfiend (talk) 23:38, 21 September 2013 (UTC)