Hedviga
Female#1395 most common in Croatia118 people in Croatia
- Meaning:
- Battle, warfare
- Origin:
- Germanic
About the name Hedviga
Germanic name from 'hadu' (battle) and 'wig' (war); St. Hedwig was a duchess of Silesia.
Name day and nicknames
- Name day:
- October 16 (sv. Hedviga)
Popularity with newborns
Hedviga has not appeared on the annual list of the most popular newborn names. That list covers the 50 most common names for each sex, so the name was given to fewer children than the 50th name of the year — not to none.
People with this name in Croatia
118 people in Croatia are called Hedviga, according to the 2021 census. That is #1395 among all the names in Imenko.
Where the name is found
Hedviga is recorded in 3 of Croatia's 21 counties.
Bjelovarsko-bilogorskaGrad ZagrebPrimorsko-goranska
Sources
Counts of people living in Croatia come from the Croatian Bureau of Statistics' 2021 census, which suppresses any figure below 10. Yearly birth figures come from its annual list of the most popular newborn names. Meaning, origin, name day and nicknames are curated by Imenko.