Given name
Hedvig
“suffering strife during war”
Hedvig is a variant of Hedwig. One German interpretation is “suffering strife during war.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Hedvig is a variant of Hedwig. One German interpretation is “suffering strife during war.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Hedvig is a variant of Hedwig. An origin associated with Hedwig is Germanic.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In Scandinavian use, Hedvig is used as a form of Hedwig.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1888. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Hedvig through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 60
- 0 boys · 60 girls
- Most popular year
- 1896
- 8 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 7 in 1917. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 8 in 1896.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Hedvig’s family of names
In Estonian usage, Hedvig has a short form in Hedi. Hedvig shares a linguistic root with Hedwig. In Danish usage, Hedvig has a related form in HEDEVIG.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Hedvig has relatives in 8 languages.
7 related names in 8 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 4
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 15
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Hedvig
- Hedvig Sophia of SwedenSwedish princess (1681-1708)
- Hedvig LindahlSwedish association football goalkeeperborn 1983
- Hedvig Charlotta NordenflychtSwedish poet1718–1763
- Hedvig RasmussenDanish rowerborn 1993
- Hedvig KarakasHungarian judokaborn 1990
- Hedvig TaubeSwedish noble (1714-1744)
- Hedvig Ulrika De la GardieSwedish lady in waiting (1761-1832)
- Hedvig GebhardFinnish journalist and politician (1867-1961)
- Hedvig WesselNorwegian freestyle skierborn 1995
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