Nadine is a French elaboration of the Russian Nadia, a short form of Nadezhda, which means "hope". It spread through France and Germany in the 19th century and reached America around 1900; the Nobel laureate Nadine Gordimer is a distinguished bearer. Nadine stood at number 888 in 2000, left the US top 1000 shortly afterward and ranks at number 1627 in 2025.