Hedwig Name Meaning & Origin
Hedwig
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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
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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".
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