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Hedwig

Hedwig

English

Proper noun

Hedwig

A female given name occasionally borrowed from German.

Translations

female given name

Catalan: Eduvigis
Czech: Hedvika f
Danish: Hedvig
Dutch: Hadewig (nl)
Finnish: Heta (fi)
French: Edwige (fr)
Galician: Eduvixes
German: Hedwig (de) f
Hungarian: Hedvig (hu)
Icelandic: Heiðveig (is)
Italian: Edvige (it) f
Latin: Hedvigis

Latvian: Jadviga f
Lithuanian: Jadvyga
Norwegian: Hedvig (no)
Polish: Jadwiga (pl) f
Portuguese: Edwiges
Russian: Ядвига (ru) f ‎(Jadviga)
Slovak: Hedviga
Slovene: Hedvika f
Spanish: Eduvigis (es), Eduviges (es) f, Heduvigis f, Heduviges f
Swedish: Hedvig (sv)
Ukrainian: Ядвіґа ‎(Jadviga)

German

Etymology

From Old High German hadu ‎(“battle”) + wīg ‎(“battle”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈheːtvɪç/

Proper noun

Hedwig f ‎(genitive Hedwigs)

A female given name, borne by a 12th/13th century Silesian saint.