Hedwig

Where Hedwig comes from

From German Hedwig, from Old High German Haduwig, Hadwig, from Proto-Germanic *Haþuwīgą (from *haþuz (“fight”) + *wīgą (“battle”)).
— Wiktionary's entry for Hedwig
  • German
  • 2 syllables
Along the way
  1. 922
    Hedwig of Saxony born
    mother of Hugh Capet
  2. 1174
    Hedwig of Silesia born
    Duchess of Silesia
  3. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #679 among girls — 7 babies in the first year on record.
  4. 1891
    Peak, #362
    47 babies named Hedwig — more than any year before or since.
  5. 1900
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #885.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from German.
Namesakes
  • Hedwig of Silesia · Duchess of Silesia, 1174–1243
  • Hedwig of Saxony · mother of Hugh Capet, 922–965
  • Hedwig Rosenbaum · Bohemian tennis player, 1864–1939
  • Hedwig Dohm · German feminist, writer, and opinion journalist, 1831–1919
  • Hedwig Jagiellon, Duchess of Bavaria · Polish princess, 1457–1502

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.