Entry № 4149 · Czech origin

Hedvika Hedvika — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ HED-vee-kah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Czech
Meaning
"Battle-fighter (Czech Hedwig)"
Syllables
3
First recorded
Medieval (Czech)

A name that means "battle-fighter (czech hedwig)".

Hedvika is the Czech form of Hedwig — combining the Old German hadu (battle) and wig (fight). Saint Hedwig of Silesia (1174-1243) was the medieval Polish-Silesian duchess and Cistercian abbess.

Hedvika is widely used in Czechia.

Battle-fighter. The medieval Hedwig.

The name in its native script.

Hedvika
Transliteration
Hedvika
Pronunciation
/ ˈhɛd.vɪ.kə /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Hedvika stands.

Hedvika does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Hedvikas before her.

Real people
Saint Hedwig of Silesia
Medieval Polish-Silesian duchess.
1174 – 1243
In fiction
Hedwig
Harry Potter's owl.
J.K. Rowling

Names connected to Hedvika.

The number behind Hedvika.

6

The Nurturer

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Hedvika reduce to 6, The Nurturer. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.