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Hedy

Gender

Female

Origin

Germanic
Warfare. Variant of Hedwig.
German
Struggle, strife. Short form of Hedwig, Haduwig.
Greek
Pleasant. Short form of Hedia.
Slavic
Teutonic

Syllables

2

Themes

  • Nature

Alternate Spellings and Variants of Hedy

Pronunciation

he-dy

Popularity in the USA

  • Girls: peak in 1942 (rank #711, 109 births); most recent 2025 (rank #11932, 7 births)
Births by year in the USA
YearGirls
20257
20248
20238
202210
20218
20207
201914
201811
201712
201617

Top girl names · Top boy names in the USA (2025)

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA), national baby names data (public domain). This site is not affiliated with or endorsed by the SSA. Data years: 1880 to 2025. Original data

Popularity in England and Wales

  • Girls: peak in 2019 (rank #4000, 5 births)
Births by year in England and Wales
YearGirls
2025–
2024–
2023–
2022–
2021–
2020–
20195
2018–
2017–
2016–

Top girl names · Top boy names in England and Wales (2025)

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS), Baby names in England and Wales. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1996 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in France

  • Boys: peak in 2022 (rank #1271, 27 births); most recent 2023 (rank #1511, 20 births)
Births by year in France
YearBoys
202320
202227
202111
20207
201914
201813
201715
201615
201519
201424

Top girl names · Top boy names in France (2023)

Source: INSEE, Fichier des prénoms (last updated 8 July 2024), used under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0. Changes: names are shown in title case, and spellings that differ only by accents are counted together. Data years: 1900 to 2023. Original data · Licence