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Baby Name Jadwiga |
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| Meaning of Jadwiga - What does the name Jadwiga means? |
| Pronunciation: |
| yahd-vee-gah |  |
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| Gender: |
Girl Name |
| Origin: |
Polish |
| Name Meaning: |
Popular Polish cognate of Hedwig (war), a compound name composed from the Germanic elements hada (contention) and wig (war, strife). The name was borne by St. Jadwiga (c. 1174-1243), the Moravian wife of the duke of Silesia, and by the Blessed Jadwiga (1371-99), the wife of Wladyslaw Jagiella, grand duke of Lithuania. Both women did a great deal to promote Christianity in Poland |
| Shortened forms: | Wiga. | | Pet forms: | Wisa |
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