Hedwig

German

"war"

Hedwig Origin and Meaning

The name Hedwig is a girl's name of German origin meaning "war".

An ancient German saint's name – and most famously the name of Harry Potter's snowy owl – but the combination of "head" plus "wig" feels a little too literal in English.

Hedwig Rank in US Top 1000

# 824 in the US

Popularity of the name Hedwig

• 1745 Nameberry 2023

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Famous People Named Hedwig

• Saint Hedwig of Andechs Duchess of Silesia
• Hedwig of Kalisz Queen consort of Władysław I the Elbow,high of Poland
• Hedwig Elisabeth Charlotte of Holstein Gottorp, Queen consort of Charles XIII and II of Sweden and Norway (Swedish: Hedvig Elisabeth Charlotta)
• Hedwig Eleonora of Holstein Gottorp, Queen consort of Charles X Gustav of Sweden
• Hedwig of Holstein Queen consort of Magnus III of Sweden
• Hedwig Eva Maria Kiesler birth name of Hedy Lamarr, Austrian,American actress and inventor of early wireless communication
• Hedwig Princess of Denmark, Electress of Saxony
• Hedwig of Saxony mother of Hugh Capet
• Hedwig Jagiellon Electress consort of Joachim II Hector of Brandenburg
• Hedwig of Nordgau Countess of Luxembourg
• Hedwig Irene Gorski American performance poet
• Hedwig Bleibtreu Austrian actress
• (Marianne Adelaide) Hedwig Dohm German feminist author
• Hedwig Dransfeld German feminist and politician
• Hedwig von Trapp daughter of the Von Trapp Family Singers of "The Sound of Music" fame

The name Hedwig in Pop Culture

• Hedwig Harry Potter's snowy owl
• Hedwig Robinson main character in rock musical "Hedwig and the Angry Inch"
• Hedwig character in The Wild Duck by Henrik Ibsen

International Variations of the name Hedwig

• Hedvig Scandinavian
• Jadwiga Polish
• Edwige French
• Hedvika Czech
• Edvige Italian