Hedwig
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About Hedwig
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.
Pronounced HED-wig.
As of October 2026, Hedwig ranked #6517 in US births in 1968 SSA, peaked at #363 in 1891.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2015 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | — | 0 | 0 |
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Hedwig on lists
Famous Hedwigs
- 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
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