Given name · Russian
Ядвига
“battle”
Ядвига (Jadvíga) is a feminine given name from Polish. It is used in Russian.
RussianWritten in Cyrillic script. In English: Hedwig.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Ядвига is built from elements meaning “battle” and “battle”.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Ядвига’s family of names
In Russian usage, Ядвига has a diminutive in Я́дя. In Russian usage, Ядвига has a conventional equivalent in the Polish form Jadwiga. In Russian usage, Ядвига was borrowed from the Polish form Jadwiga.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Ядвига has relatives in 15 languages. Lines run from its Polish roots to each of them.
Polishwhere Ядвига comes from · 1 name
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 13
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Jadwigasource · Polish
- HedwigEnglish, Swedish
- HedvigSwedish, Danish
- HedvikaCzech
- EdwigeFrench
- HedvigaSlovak
- HadewijchDutch
- HedvigisLatin
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See also 3
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
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