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    Nadia

    NAH-dee-ah

    Meaning

    Hope; Beginning; Tender

    Slavic/Arabic origin · Girl

    What it points to

    Nadia hopes without shame — God's love shed abroad, an expected end, thoughts of peace, the tender beginning anchored in the Holy Spirit's presence.

    Verses · King James Version

    “And hope maketh not ashamed; because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us.”

    Romans 5:5

    “For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the LORD, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.”

    Jeremiah 29:11

    Most used in the 2000s (US records)

    biblesundays.com · King James Version

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