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A name. A world of connections.
“battle, combat” + “fight, duel”
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Swedish
01 / Meaning & origin
Hedvig is a feminine given name documented in German, Swedish, Danish and 3 other languages. English Wikipedia gives the components “battle, combat” + “fight, duel”.
Meaning: “battle, combat” + “fight, duel”
No etymology text in the cited sources.
02 / Across borders
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Published statistics
United States, 1917: 7 girls (rank 3713).
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03 / By the numbers
Follow the spelling through the years, one published dataset at a time.
1945–2025 Spelling: Hedvig
Recorded category girls
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Source: Statistics Norway · Norway — published individual first-name birth counts, 1945–2025
Published integer counts retained without rounding.
Per million is unavailable: this source has no matching published total.
| Year | Births | Rank | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1945 | 12 | 242 | observed |
| 1946 | 16 | 223 | observed |
| 1947 | 8 | 303 | observed |
| 1948 | 7 | 316 | observed |
| 1949 | 6 | 329 | observed |
| 1950 | 4 | 381 | observed |
| 1951 | 5 | 356 | observed |
| 1952 | 8 | 317 | observed |
| 1953 | 7 | 342 | observed |
| 1954 | 7 | 335 | observed |
| 1955 | 5 | 387 | observed |
| 1956 | 5 | 384 | observed |
| 1957 | 4 | 439 | observed |
| 1958 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1959 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1960 | 4 | 456 | observed |
| 1961 | 4 | 464 | observed |
| 1962 | 4 | 481 | observed |
| 1963 | 7 | 381 | observed |
| 1964 | 6 | 419 | observed |
| 1965 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1966 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1967 | 4 | 530 | observed |
| 1968 | 7 | 413 | observed |
| 1969 | 4 | 534 | observed |
| 1970 | 10 | 341 | observed |
| 1971 | 7 | 432 | observed |
| 1972 | 7 | 455 | observed |
| 1973 | 8 | 407 | observed |
| 1974 | 7 | 443 | observed |
| 1975 | 6 | 491 | observed |
| 1976 | 6 | 484 | observed |
| 1977 | 7 | 446 | observed |
| 1978 | 7 | 452 | observed |
| 1979 | 4 | 608 | observed |
| 1980 | 4 | 608 | observed |
| 1981 | 7 | 465 | observed |
| 1982 | 8 | 440 | observed |
| 1983 | 4 | 617 | observed |
| 1984 | 8 | 453 | observed |
| 1985 | 6 | 546 | observed |
| 1986 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1987 | 7 | 511 | observed |
| 1988 | 11 | 382 | observed |
| 1989 | 12 | 366 | observed |
| 1990 | 5 | 589 | observed |
| 1991 | 5 | 582 | observed |
| 1992 | 8 | 456 | observed |
| 1993 | 6 | 515 | observed |
| 1994 | 11 | 348 | observed |
| 1995 | 11 | 348 | observed |
| 1996 | 15 | 281 | observed |
| 1997 | 11 | 336 | observed |
| 1998 | 20 | 230 | observed |
| 1999 | 23 | 214 | observed |
| 2000 | 19 | 247 | observed |
| 2001 | 30 | 174 | observed |
| 2002 | 22 | 217 | observed |
| 2003 | 32 | 171 | observed |
| 2004 | 29 | 191 | observed |
| 2005 | 31 | 190 | observed |
| 2006 | 29 | 198 | observed |
| 2007 | 32 | 186 | observed |
| 2008 | 44 | 145 | observed |
| 2009 | 30 | 200 | observed |
| 2010 | 38 | 161 | observed |
| 2011 | 30 | 187 | observed |
| 2012 | 53 | 128 | observed |
| 2013 | 43 | 140 | observed |
| 2014 | 47 | 131 | observed |
| 2015 | 36 | 166 | observed |
| 2016 | 44 | 133 | observed |
| 2017 | 62 | 95 | observed |
| 2018 | 58 | 103 | observed |
| 2019 | 89 | 67 | observed |
| 2020 | 139 | 38 | observed |
| 2021 | 149 | 34 | observed |
| 2022 | 205 | 21 | observed |
| 2023 | 180 | 26 | observed |
| 2024 | 189 | 24 | observed |
| 2025 | 219 | 19 | observed |
Statistics count the spelling “Hedvig” as recorded by the publisher. When a spelling has several independent origins, the counts are not split between them. Counts measure births. Gaps are years without a published value, not zeros.
Rates per million are unavailable for this series because no compatible denominator has been imported.
Retrieved 2026-10-15 · CC-BY-4.0
Read our methodology04 / Through time
People recorded with this given name in Wikidata. Their names may use a different spelling, or include it as a middle or baptismal name.
Swedish princess (1681-1708)
Swedish association football goalkeeper
Swedish poet
Danish rower
Hungarian judoka
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06 / Behind the facts
Review status: Source-reported — no editorial review recorded yet. Last data change 2026-10-15.
Norway — published individual first-name birth counts, 1945–2025
Statistics Norway (SSB) · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Sweden — grouped top 100 newborn calling names, 1998–2022
Statistics Sweden (SCB) · CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
SSA national baby names, 1880–2025 (CC0 redistribution)
US Social Security Administration; redistributed by nkrishnaswami · CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Statistik Austria — Vornamen (OGDEXT_VORNAMEN_1): first names of live births, Austria, 1984-2025 (national counts from district rows)
Statistik Austria (Bundesanstalt Statistik Österreich) · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Finland — first given names of living Finnish citizens in Finland or abroad, 2026-08-03
Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV), Finland · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Wiktionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0. Wikidata: CC0. Commons recordings retain their individual file licences. Complete attribution is available in each group above and alongside each chart.
