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French form: Edwige
Italian form: Edvige
Polish and Russian form: Jadwiga
Scandinavian form: Hedvig
Slovak form: Hedviga
Czech and Slovene form: Hedvika
Lithuanian form: Jadvyga

Personal experiences with the name Hedwig

Nicknames for Hedwig

Hedi, Hede, Heddy, Iga, Jadzia (Polish)

Meanings and history of the name Hedwig

Hedwig means "fighter" in Old German.
pronounced: HED-wig.

Famous real-life people named Hedwig

St. Hedwig of Silesia
Hedwig of Saxony, mother of Hugh Capet, first King of France
Hedwig Courths-Mahler, German romance novelist (born Ernestine Friederike Mahler)
Hedy Lamarr, Austrian-born American actress

Hedwig in song, story & screen

Hedwig, Harry Potter's owl and messenger, in the Harry Potter series.
Hedwig, transsexual protagonist of the off-Broadway musical and film "Hedwig and the Angry Inch".