Nadine

Where Nadine comes from

The dictionaries list Nadine as a given name — a female given name from French, a French diminutive form of Nadia — but don't trace where it came from. The record below is what the SSA data shows.

  • French
  • 2 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1887
    First appearance
    #937 among girls, 7 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1923
    Nadine Gordimer born
    South African writer
  3. 1927
    Peak, #229
    779 babies named Nadine — more than any year before or since.
  4. 1973
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #483.
  5. 1974
    Nadine Labaki born
    Lebanese actress and film director
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from French, a French diminutive form of Nadia.
Namesakes
  • Nadine Gordimer · South African writer, 1923–2014
  • Nadine Labaki · Lebanese actress and film director, born 1974
  • Nadine Angerer · German footballer, born 1978
  • Nadine Keßler · German soccer player, born 1988
  • Nadine Beiler · Austrian singer, born 1990

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.