Meaning and history
Hedwig comes from the Old German name Hadewig, formed from hadu meaning “battle, combat” and wig meaning “war.” It was the name of a 13th-century German saint, the wife of the Polish duke Henry the Bearded, and was later borne by a 14th-century Polish queen, usually known as Jadwiga, who is also regarded as a saint.
19071907: 26 births, rank #746
1908: 37 births, rank #632
1909: 30 births, rank #735
1910: 43 births, rank #649
1911: 57 births, rank #570
19121912: 52 births, rank #701
1913: 67 births, rank #630
1914: 114 births, rank #524
1915: 152 births, rank #504
1916: 157 births, rank #527
19171917: 137 births, rank #577
1918: 159 births, rank #563
1919: 152 births, rank #559
1920: 128 births, rank #637
1921: 125 births, rank #659
19221922: 115 births, rank #680
1923: 99 births, rank #730
1924: 81 births, rank #835
1925: 61 births, rank #955
19261926: 78 births, rank #832
Hedwig rose from #955 to #832 for girls between 1925 and 1926. Its highest annual birth count came in 1918, with 159 births.