Nadira, Nadirah, or Nodira is a feminine given name of Arabic origin. Notable people with the name include:

Given name

  • Nadira (Indian actress) (1932–2006), an Indian actress of the 1950s and 1960s, best known for her roles as a temptress
  • Nadira (Pakistani actress) (1968–1995), Pakistani actress in Punjabi and Urdu films
  • Nadira Babbar (born 1948), Indian actress and producer
  • Nadira Begum (died 2023), Bangladeshi folk singer
  • Nadira Banu Begum (1618–1659), Mughal princess
  • Nadira Ilana, Malaysian filmmaker
  • Nadira Isayeva (born 1979), Russian journalist
  • Nadira Yeasmin Jolly, Bangladeshi politician
  • Nadira Majumder (born 1953), Bangladeshi writer
  • Nadirah McKenith (born 1991), American basketball player
  • Nadira Naipaul (born 1953), Pakistani journalist
  • Nadira Ait Oumghar (born 1994), Algerian volleyball player
  • Nadirah Shakoor, American singer
  • Nadira Sultan (born 1956), Indian politician
  • Nadirah X, Jamaican hip-hop artist
  • Nina Nadira Naharuddin (born 1992), Malaysian singer, actress and TV host
  • Nodira (sometimes spelled in Russian as Nadira, 1792–1842), Uzbek writer, wife of Muhammad Umar Khan
  • Nodira Akhmedova (born 2005), Kazakhstani taekwondo practitioner
  • Nodira Gulova (born 1988), Uzbekistani judoka
  • Nodira Nadirjanova (born 1990), Uzbekistani chess player

Fictional characters

  • One of the villains in Power Rangers: Time Force
  • Nadira, a character in the 2005 novel Skybreaker by Kenneth Oppel
  • Al-Nadirah, character of the Hatra legend

See also

  • Nadir (name)