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Ah yes beautiful daughter BATTLE WAR.
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Hedwig is the name of the wife of William Tell, a folkloric hero from Switzerland, in Friedrich Schiller's play William Tell (1804).
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Just a great name. Strong, mature, maybe feels a little bit harsh, but it has something powerful in it, elegant. Also really rare, not used much, probably not many people have this name. Hedwig is beautiful!
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My Oma's name is Hedwig, she's Bavarian born. I've always liked how original it sounded.
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I think that Hedwig is a very pretty name, as it is given to the owl in Harry Potter. The movie that Hedwig dies is the saddest one yet. Although in the times Hedwig is alive, it's good. I do not know any people called Hedwig. I only know Harry Potter's owl.
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Actress Hedy Lamarr's real first name was Hedwig.
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Though the name is of German origin, it has some popularity among English speakers, who pronounce it as HED-wig, not HED-vikh as German speakers do.
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I absolutely love this name, and I'm not too sure why. The Hed- part is very pretty for some reason. The German pronunciation is wonderful, and the Anglophone pronunciation isn't too awful either!
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Hedwig was the name of Harry's snowy owl in Harry Potter. She was a gift given to Harry by Hagrid on his 11th birthday. She lived until 6th book, where she was tragically killed on July 27th, 1999 by a Death Eater in the Battle of the Seven Potters.
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I'm pretty sure the battle of seven Potters was in the beginning of the seventh book, not the sixth. In the sixth book he spent time with Dumbledore to help recruit Professor Slughorn.
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I love the name Hedwig….. it's my middle name and I like it because it's different (my other names are very common right now). I was named after my great-grandmother and I love how it's so strong. Hedwig is a nice part of me that I can call up when I feel like I need strength and it's a deep part of my identity.
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Hedwig (1581-1641) was the son of King Frederik II of Denmark and his wife Sophie.
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Hedwig (1623-1683) was the daughter of George William, Elector of Brandenburg and his wife Elisabeth.
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Hedwig (1626-1678) was the daughter of King Christian IV of Denmark and his second wife Kirsten. She has a twinsister named Christiane.
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Hedwig (1445-1511) was the daughter of Frederick II, Elector of Saxony and his wife Margarete of Austria.
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Hedwig was the daughter of the first Holy Roman Emperor of the Habsburg family Rudolph I and his wife Gertrud of Hohenburg.
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I love this so much! But "head-wig"... I dunno :/
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This is also the first name of the stunning Austrian-born American actress Hedy Lamarr (born Hedwig Eva Maria Kiesler, 1913-2000). Her most famous role was as Delilah in Cecil B DeMille's biblical epic, Samson and Delilah.
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I don't think it's HED-vikh. I think it's just HED-vig because the kh sound is spelled ch in Germany and I dunno, I guess it just seems unlikely that they'd have two.
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In some dialects of German, the letter g is pronounced as "kh" at the end of a word. However, generally this name would be pronounced HED-vig.
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I can't separate the name from Harry Potter's owl. Even knowing historic figures with the same name, my mind still strongly connects Hedwig as only ever Harry's snowy owl. Which I guess is what happens when you grow up reading Harry Potter!
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Unpopular name in Germany today. It is considered old fashioned.
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This name is like something to do with hairdressers when you think about it.
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One of the original Trapp family singers founded in 1936.
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Hedwig von Trapp (born 1917) was the third daughter in the famous von Trapp family, whose story was immortalised in the musical "The Sound of Music". She is represented in the movie by the character Brigitta.
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Hedwig and the Angry Inch anyone? The name of a partial-transsexual in this fantastic musical.
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My Grandma told me one day that she was going to be called Hedwig because she's part German. I really like the name. It's pretty and feminine but in a unique way.
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Hedwig is pronounced as HEDD-vig (no English W-sound, since "W" is pronounced as "V" in German and Scandinavian languages).
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"Hedwig" could also derive from the Germanic words "hede" = "heathen" and "wig" ("war", as already mentioned).
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It would have NEVER dawned on me as a German name. I am rather fond of German names because they're interesting and I have German heritage.
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HEDWIG is the name of Harry's pet owl in the popular book series "Harry Potter" by J. K. (Joanne Kathleen) Rowlings.
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"Hedwig" was the name of a medieval saint, and that is where J.K. Rowling got the name.
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