Nada is a feminine given name found with the etymology of 'hope' in South Slavic-speaking countries of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Slovenia and Serbia, and the etymology of 'dew' in Arabic-speaking countries.
In Croatia, the name Nada was the second most common feminine given name between 1950 and 1959.[1]
Notable people with the name include:
- Nada Abbas (born 2000), Egyptian squash player
- Nada Birko (1931–2020), Yugoslav cross-country skier
- Nada Boustani Khoury (born 1983), Lebanese politician
- Nada Cristofoli (born 1971), Italian cyclist
- Nada Ćurčija Prodanović (1923–1992), Serbian translator, children's author and piano teacher
- Nada Dimić (1923–1942), Yugoslav war hero
- Nada Gačešić-Livaković (born 1951), Croatian actress
- Nada Golmie, American computer scientist and engineer
- Nada Hafez (born 1997), Egyptian sabre fencer
- Nada Kawar (born 1975), Jordanian athlete
- Nada Klaić (1920–1988), Croatian historian
- Nada Kotlušek (born 1934), Slovenian athlete
- Nada Malanima (born 1953), Italian singer
- Nada Mamula (1927–2001), Bosnian singer
- Nada Matić (born 1984), Serbian table tennis player
- Nada Mezni Hafaiedh (born 1984), Tunisian film director
- Nada Nadim Prouty (born c. 1970), Lebanese intelligence professional of Druze descent
- Nada Naumović (1922–1941), Serbian student activist
- Nada Obrić (born 1948), Bosnian Serb singer
- Nada Rocco (born 1947), Croatian actress
- Nada Shabout (born 1962), American art historian and author of Palestinian and Iraqi descent
- Nada Spasić (born 1934), Yugoslav gymnast
- Nada Šargin (born 1977), Serbian actress
- Nada Tončić (1909–1998), Croatian opera singer