Nadine
[nəˈdiːn]Meaning
French diminutive of Nadia
Background Story
Nadine is a French diminutive of Nadia. It is also recorded as a given name in Belarusian, Bulgarian, Catalan, Croatian, Czech, Italian, Latvian, Macedonian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian and Serbian. Nadine is counted among the variations of Nadia, most of which come from Arabic, Slavic languages or both, and in several Slavic languages names similar to Nadia mean "hope".
Temperament
Variations
nadya, nadi, nady
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