Name: Hedwig
Gender: Female
Usage: Hedwig, of german origin, is not a popular first name. It is more often used as a girl (female) name.
People having the name Hedwig are in general originating from Austria, Belgium, Germany, Netherlands, Switzerland.
Variants: For another variant of the name Hedwig across the world, see Heddy.
Meaning: The meaning of the name Hedwig is: Battle, Refuge in battle.
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Numerology of the first name Hedwig: calculate the core numbers of your numerology chart to discover your numerological profile and your personality traits.
The Growth number corresponding to this first name is 11. It denotes a pattern that assists you in growth and development: charismatic, inspiring, dreamy, six-sensed, discerning.
Interpretation:
Qualities: Charismatic, Inspiring
Ruling planet: Moon
Colors: Green, Cream
Gemstones: Pearl, Jade, Moonstone
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The name Hedwig is ranked on the 27,622nd position of the most used names. It means that this name is rarely used.
We estimate that there are at least 7100 persons in the world having this name which is around 0.001% of the population. The name Hedwig has six characters. It means that it is relatively medium-length, compared to the other names in our database.
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History and Origin
Hedwig is a German feminine given name, from Old High German Hadwig, Hadewig, Haduwig. It is a Germanic name consisting of the two elements hadu "battle, combat" and wig "fight, duel".
The name is on record since the 9th century, with Haduwig, a daughter of Louis the German. The name remained popular in German high nobility during the 10th and 11th centuries. Other medieval spellings include Hathuwic, Hathewiga, Hadewich, Hadewic, Hathwiga, Hadwich, Hatwig, Hadwig, Hediwig, Hedewiga, Hedewich, Hedewiih, Hatuuih, Hetvic, Haduwich, Hadawich, Hatuwig, etc. Forms such as Hadiwih, Hadewi etc. suggest that the name is the result of a conflation of two separate names, one with the second element wig "fight", the other with the second element wih "hallowed".
The Dutch form is Hadewych (Hadewijch). A German and Dutch diminutive is Hedy. The German name was adopted into Swedish in about the 15th century and is still in use in Swedish, and to a lesser extent in Danish and Norwegian, in the spelling Hedvig, with a diminutive Hedda. The German name was adopted into Polish, as Jadwiga. A French form is Edwige (not to be confused with the unrelated Anglo-Saxon Eadwig, Edwig).
German: from an old Germanic female personal name composed of the elements hadu contention + wīg war. The Blessed Hedwig or Hadwigis (d. c.887) was the Benedictine abbess of Herford in Westphalia.
Cognates: French: Edwige. Italian: Edvige. Scandinavian: Hedvig. Polish: Jadwiga.
Czech: Hedvika.
Pet form: Scandinavian: Hedda.
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