Given name

Jadviga

Jadviga is a feminine given name from Polish. It is used in Latvian.

Original PolishJadwiga

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Jadviga comes from Polish.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

From Polish Jadwiga.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Jadviga’s family of names

In Latvian usage, Jadviga was borrowed from the Polish form Jadwiga. In Latvian usage, Jadviga has a conventional equivalent in the English form Hedwig.

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