7-446: Hedwig may refer to: People and fictional characters [ edit ] Hedwig (given name) , a list of people and fictional characters with the given name Grzegorz Hedwig (born 1988), Polish slalom canoeist Johann Hedwig , (1730–1799), German botanist Romanus Adolf Hedwig (1772–1806), German botanist, son of Johann Hedwig Other uses [ edit ] Hedwig Fountain ,
14-503: A fountain in Zürich, Switzerland Hedwig glass , a type of glass Hedwig, code name of Red Hat Linux version 6.0, released in 1999 476 Hedwig , a main-belt asteroid See also [ edit ] Hedwig Village, Texas , United States, a city St. Hedwig (disambiguation) All pages with titles containing Hedwig Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with
21-662: Is a German feminine given name, from Old High German Hadwig, Hadewig, Haduwig. It is a Germanic name consisting of the two elements hadu "battle, combat" and wig "fight, duel". The name is on record since the 9th century, with Haduwig, a daughter of Louis the German . The name remained popular in German high nobility during the 10th and 11th centuries. Other medieval spellings include Hathuwic, Hathewiga, Hadewich, Hadewic, Hathwiga, Hadwich, Hatwig, Hadwig, Hediwig, Hedewiga, Hedewich, Hedewiih, Hatuuih, Hetvic, Haduwich, Hadawich, Hatuwig, etc. Forms such as Hadiwih, Hadewi, etc. suggest that
28-480: The name is the result of a conflation of two separate names, one with the second element wig "fight", the other with the second element wih "hallowed". A common German (and also Dutch) diminutive of Hedwig is Hedy. The Dutch form of Hedwig is Hadewych ( Hadewijch ). The German name was adopted into Swedish (and to a lesser extent into Danish and Norwegian) in about the 15th century and is still in use in Swedish with
35-413: The same given name . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change that link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Edwige&oldid=1228084585 " Categories : Given names French feminine given names Feminine given names Hidden categories: Articles with short description Short description
42-1130: The spelling Hedvig , with a diminutive Hedda . A Finnish form is Heta . The German name was adopted into Polish, as Jadwiga . A French form is Edwige (not to be confused with the unrelated Anglo-Saxon Eadwig or Edwig). Edwige Edwige is a feminine French given name. Notable people with the name include: Edwige Avice , French politician Edwige Belmore , French model, singer, and actress Edwidge Danticat , Haitian-American novelist Edwige Djedjemel , Ivorian basketball player Edwige Fenech , Italian actress and film producer Edwige Feuillère , French film actress Edwige Gwend , Italian judoka Edwige Lawson-Wade , French basketball player Edwige Pitel , French cyclist Edwige-Renée Dro , Ivorian writer, translator and literary activist Vige Langevin , born Edwige Grandjouan, French educator, artist, writer See also [ edit ] Edwidge Danticat , Haitian-American author Hadewijch Hedwig (given name) Jadwiga [REDACTED] Name list This page or section lists people that share
49-512: The title Hedwig . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hedwig&oldid=1228084072 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Disambiguation pages with surname-holder lists Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Hedwig (given name) Hedwig
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