Edwige
given name · Latin script
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Edwige is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Cameroon than in any other country, where it is the 88th most common given name. Recorded meaning: French form of Hedwig, Germanic ‘battle’ + ‘fight’.
- CMCameroon≈1 in 1.1K(inferred from the name graph)
- FRFrance≈1 in 4.3K
- USUnited States1 in 765K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Cameroon (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 303 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 1.1K (inferred from the name graph)
≈25,000 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Cameroon, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
French form of Hedwig, Germanic ‘battle’ + ‘fight’
Sources 1
- Le grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)
Attested across 19 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Edwige counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CM Cameroon | #88 | ≈25,000 est. | ≈1 in 1.1K | — | Edwige | 25 |
| FR France | #571 | ≈16,000 est. | ≈1 in 4.3K | 21K | Edwige | 303 |
| CI Côte d’Ivoire | — | ≈15,000 est. | ≈1 in 1.8K | — | Edwige | 22 |
| CD Congo - Kinshasa | #763 | ≈5,300 est. | ≈1 in 19K | listed | Edwige | 8 |
| MG Madagascar | #428 | ≈2,900 est. | ≈1 in 9.3K | — | Edwige | 9 |
| BJ Benin | #830 | ≈1,600 est. | ≈1 in 7.8K | — | Edwige | 17 |
| US United States | — | 435 | 1 in 765K | 362 | Edwige | 140 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: INSEE — Fichier des prénoms (1900–2024); Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; the wgnd-cd-names register. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Edwige is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In French, Germanic name; saint Hedwig of Silesia (16 Oct.).
as a nameDictionnaire généalogique des prénoms
In French, a female given name, equivalent to English Hedwig
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In French, Du germanique hild + wig « combat, guerre »; fête de sainte Édige/Edwige le 16 octobre.
as a nameDictionnaire généalogique des prénoms
In French, Origine germanique, « richesse » et « combat ».
as a nameLe grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)
In French, Du germ. Hadewig/Hedwig, « combat, guerre »; fêtée le 16 octobre (sainte Édwige/Hedwige).
as a nameDictionnaire généalogique des prénoms
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Edwige Feuillèreb. 1907FRFrench actress (1907–1998)
- Edwige Antierb. 1942FRFrench politician and physician
- Edwige Aviceb. 1945FRFrench politician
- Edwige Fenechb. 1948FRFrench-Italian actress
- Edwige Pitelb. 1967FRFrench cyclist
- Edwige Lemoineb. 1973FRFrench actress
- Edwige Lawson-Wadeb. 1979FRFrench basketball player (born 1979)
- Edwige Diazb. 1987FRFrench politician
- Edwige Gwendb. 1990ITItalian judoka
- Louane Emerab. 1996FRnot in their usual nameFrench actress and singer
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 38 sources across 26 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des prénoms (1900–2024) | 2024 | 21K | #2,597 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 362 | #22,738 |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des prénoms (1900–2024) | 1974 | 340 | #938 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 73 | #22,738 |
| FR France | Dictionnaire Généalogique des Prénoms (Athias, 2007) | — | — | — |
| FR France | Le Grand Guide des Prénoms | — | — | — |
| CD Congo - Kinshasa | WGND 2.0 — DR Congo given names | — | — | — |
Reference works 3
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Edwige mean, and where does it come from?
- French form of Hedwig, Germanic ‘battle’ + ‘fight’ Recorded by Le grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education).
- In which country does Edwige have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 25 thousand people named Edwige in Cameroon, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled edwige.
- Is Edwige a male or female name?
- Edwige is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- What are other forms of the name Edwige?
- In the etymology graph, Jadwiga, Hedwig and Hedy are forms of the same name in other languages.
- How common is the name Edwige?
- In the United States, the national register counted 435 people named Edwige in 2020, about 1 in 765 thousand residents.
- How common is Edwige compared with other names?
- In Cameroon, Edwige is the 88th most common given name of 9,064 given names recorded there.
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About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Edwige” — the 88th most common given name in Cameroon. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.