Hedda

  • Girl
  • 5 letters
German Refuge in war or struggle. Strife. Vigorous battle maiden. A diminutive of Hedwig. The heroine of the Norwegian dramatist Henrik Ibsen's play 'Hedda Gahler' (1890).
Teutonic Refuge from battle.

Hedda is a girl’s name of German and Teutonic origin. Meaning in German: Refuge in war or struggle. Strife. Vigorous battle maiden. A diminutive of Hedwig. The heroine of the Norwegian dramatist Henrik Ibsen’s play ‘Hedda Gahler’ (1890). Meaning in Teutonic: Refuge from battle. The name has 5 letters.

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