# Hedwig

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #44,254

## Definitions
1. A female given name from German.

## Etymology
From German Hedwig, from Old High German Haduwig, Hadwig, from Proto-Germanic *Haþuwīgą (from *haþuz (“fight”) + *wīgą (“battle”)).

## Easily confused with
- **hedging** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hedging-vs-hedwig)

## Common misspellings (9)
`ehdwig`, `hdewig`, `heddwig`, `hediwg`, `hedwgi`, `hedwigg`, `hedwwig`, `hewdig`, `hhedwig`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/hedwig