The name Hedwig is derived from the Germanic elements "hadu" - "contention" and "wig" - "war".
Famous bearers
Bearers include Hedwig Dohm (1831 - 1919), a German actress, feminist, and author;
Hedwig Kohn (1887 - 1964), a German physicist, and one of three women who obtained the qualification for university teaching in Germany before World War II;
Hedwig Gorski (born 1949), an American performance poet and an avant-garde artist.
