Nadira
2025 SSA
About Nadira
A beautiful name with a meaning befitting a treasured baby, Nadira is a feminine form of Nadir. Also spelled as Nadirah and appearing as Nadire in Albanian and Turkish, it means "precious, rare", though is sometimes listed as meaning "treasured" and "unique" too.
Similar in sound or appearance to other international choices like Mira and Nadia, Nadira could work in multiple languages.
It has been notably borne by actresses Nadira Babbar and Nadira (Florence Ezekiel) and by singer and TV host Nina Nadira. There are characters called Nadira in the novel Skybreaker by Kenneth Oppel, and in the Islamic legends of Hatra, in which Al-Nadirah is a princess who falls in love with the king besieging her city.
Pronounced nuh-DEER-uh.
As of October 2026, Nadira ranked #7392 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #3107 in 2000.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2015 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | — | 0 | 0 |
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Nadira on lists
Famous Nadiras
- Nadira Ait Oumghar
Algerian volleyball player
- Nadira Babbar
Indian actress and director
- Nadira Isayeva
Russian journalist
- Nadira Naipaul
Pakistani journalist
Nadira in pop culture
- Nadira Banu Begum
Mughal princess (1618,1659)