Meaning of the nameNadine

Nadine is a female name of French origin, a diminutive of Nadia, which Wiktionary links to the Russian nickname Nádja, from Nadezhda, 'hope'.

Meaning

“French diminutive of Nadia, a name linked to Russian Nadezhda, 'hope'”

Source: Wiktionary: Nadine · Wiktionary: Nadia

People (2022): 4,503
Rank in Brazil: #2,952
Median age: 26 years
2010 Census: 4,356; people

Nadine in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Nadine, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1990s (2,550 people).

4,475 women 28 men

Source: IBGE, 2022 Demographic Census, Nomes no Brasil. The census counts the first name of people alive in 2022; small counts are not published, and the first group covers everyone born before 1940. How to read these data.

Where the name Nadine is most common

States with the highest share of people named Nadine in the population, in the 2022 Census.

Rio Grande do Sul 0.008%
Santa Catarina 0.005%
Bahia 0.003%
Amazonas 0.003%
Paraná 0.003%

All states

State	People	% of population
São Paulo	949	0.002%
Rio Grande do Sul	841	0.008%
Bahia	421	0.003%
Santa Catarina	374	0.005%
Paraná	299	0.003%
Rio de Janeiro	282	0.002%
Minas Gerais	215	0.001%
Ceará	153	0.002%
Pernambuco	118	0.001%
Amazonas	114	0.003%
Mato Grosso	97	0.003%
Goiás	88	0.001%
Mato Grosso do Sul	80	0.003%
Espírito Santo	63	0.002%
Distrito Federal	58	0.002%
Alagoas	57	0.002%
Pará	55	0.001%
Sergipe	48	0.002%
Maranhão	45	0.001%
Paraíba	33	0.001%
Rio Grande do Norte	31	0.001%
Acre	19	0.002%
Tocantins	17	0.001%
Piauí	16	0.001%
Rondônia	15	0.001%

States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.

About the name Nadine

Wiktionary records Nadine, in French, as a diminutive of Nadia, and Behind the Name also gives it as a French diminutive of Nadia. For Nadia, Wiktionary indicates the French spelling of Nádja, a Russian nickname for Nadezhda, 'hope', which it associates with Greek ἐλπίς (elpís); Behind the Name treats Nadia as a variant of Nadya, a Russian and Bulgarian diminutive of Nadezhda. Wiktionary also presents a Nadia of Arabic origin, but it is the Nadia of Slavic origin that Behind the Name links Nadine to. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 4,503 people named Nadine, with a median age of 26. Proportionally, it is most common in Rio Grande do Sul.

Sources

Wiktionary: Nadine · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
Wiktionary: Nadia · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
Behind the Name: Nadine · behindthename.com · origin
Behind the Name: Nadia · behindthename.com · origin
Behind the Name: Nadya · behindthename.com · origin

Questions about the name Nadine

What does the name Nadine mean?

Nadine means “French diminutive of Nadia, a name linked to Russian Nadezhda, 'hope'”, according to Wiktionary.

How many people are named Nadine in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 4,503 people with the first name Nadine, which ranks it number 2,952 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1990s.

Is Nadine a boy's or a girl's name?

Nadine is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 4,475 women and 28 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Nadine?

Nadine is a name of French origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Nadine most common?

Proportionally, in Rio Grande do Sul: 0.008% of the state's population is named Nadine (841 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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