Hedvig - Meaning of Hedvig

What does Hedvig mean?

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Hedvig

[ 1 syll. hed-vig, he-dv-ig ] The baby girl name Hedvig is pronounced HHT-Viy-G †. Hedvig's language of origin is Germanic and it is predominantly used in Scandinavian. Hedvig is a variation of Hedwig (English and German).

Hedda (English, German, and Scandinavian pet form) is a variant of the name.

See also the related category scandinavian.

Hedvig is an uncommon baby name for girls. It is listed outside of the top 1000 names.

Baby names that sound like Hedvig include Hedvick (Czech), Hedvige, Hadvig (English), Hedvika (Czech, German, and Slavic), and Hedviga (Hungarian and Slavic).

† English pronunciation for Hedvig: HH as in "he (HH.IY)" ; T as in "tee (T.IY)" ; V as in "vow (V.AW)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)" ; G as in "grin (G.R.IH.N)"