Given name
Jadzia
“a princess; born into royalty”
Jadzia is used as a given name. One Polish interpretation is “a princess; born into royalty.”
Original PolishJadwiga
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Polish interpretation is “a princess; born into royalty.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Polish.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1994. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Jadzia through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 645
- 0 boys · 645 girls
- Most popular year
- 1999
- 34 babies
- 2025
- 11
- #9,113 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −2%
- Steady
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 11 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 9,113 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 2.2% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 34 in 1999. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 548 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Jadzia’s family of names
In Polish usage, Jadzia is a diminutive of Jadwiga. In German usage, Jadzia has a related form in Hedwig. In Polish usage, Jadzia is a shortened form of Jadwiga.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Jadzia has relatives in 4 languages. Lines run from its Polish roots to each of them.
Polishwhere Jadzia comes from · 1 name
Nicknames & forms 9
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Jadwigafull form · Polish
- Hedwigvariant · German
- Jadziahvariant
- Jadzyahvariant
- Jadzyavariant
- Jadziyahvariant
- Jadziyavariant
- Jadzeahvariant
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Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 2
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
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