Hedvig
Hedvig is a given name of German origin, derived from hadu and wig. Notable people with the name include:
- Swedish
- Norwegian
- Danish
- Finnish
Meaning & Origin of Hedvig
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Hedvig is a given name of German origin, derived from hadu and wig. Notable people with the name include:
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Swedish
- Norwegian
- Danish
- Finnish
- Hungarian
The Story of Hedvig
The earliest SSA record of Hedvig as a baby girl name dates back to 1888, when 5 babies received it. 1896 was its biggest year on record, with 8 newborns named Hedvig — #1,213 in the national rankings. About 50% of every Hedvig on record arrived during the 1890s, its defining decade. Hedvig last appeared in the published SSA data in 1917, with 7 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 60 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1880s to the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Hedvig
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Hedvig. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
Notable people named Hedvig
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- Hedvig Catharina De la Gardie (1732–1800), Swedish noblewoman of French descent
- Hedvig Catharina Lilje (1695–1745), Swedish noblewoman, salonist and informal amateur-politician
- Hedvig Charlotta Nordenflycht (1718–1763), Swedish poet, feminist and salon-hostess
- Hedvig Eleonora Church , church in central Stockholm, Sweden
- Hedvig Eleonora of Holstein-Gottorp (1636–1715), the queen consort of King Charles X of Sweden and queen mother of King Charles XI
- Hedvig Eleonora von Fersen (1753–1792), Swedish noblewoman
- Hedvig Elisabeth Charlotte of Holstein-Gottorp (1759–1818), the queen consort of Charles XIII of Sweden, famed diarist, memoirist and wit
- Hedvig Hricak (born 1946), Croatian American radiologist
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Names that sound like Hedvig
Phonetically similar names — useful when Hedvig is the vibe but a different syllable count or letter feel might suit better. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
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About the name Hedvig
Hedvig is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1888 and has accumulated 60 births in the dataset. Hedvig's peak popularity came in 1896 when it ranked #1,213. Use the chart and map above to compare Hedvig's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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