Jadwiga
Jadwiga is a Polish feminine given name. It originated from the old Germanic feminine given name Hedwig, which is compounded from hadu ('battle') and wig ('fight').
- Polish
Meaning & Origin of Jadwiga
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Jadwiga is a Polish feminine given name. It originated from the old Germanic feminine given name Hedwig, which is compounded from hadu ('battle') and wig ('fight').
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Polish
The Story of Jadwiga
Jadwiga first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1912, with 8 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1917: 13 births, good for #2,428 nationwide. About 84% of every Jadwiga on record arrived during the 1910s, its defining decade. Jadwiga last appeared in the published SSA data in 1922, with 9 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 85 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1910s to the 2020s.
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About the name Jadwiga
Jadwiga is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1912 and has accumulated 85 births in the dataset. Jadwiga's peak popularity came in 1917 when it ranked #2,428. Use the chart and map above to compare Jadwiga'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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