Jadwiga (Polish pronunciation: [jadˈviɡa] ^ⓘ; diminutives: Jadzia [ˈjad͡ʑa], Iga) is a Polish feminine given name. It originated from the old Germanic feminine given name Hedwig (variants of which include Hedwiga), which is compounded from hadu ("battle") and wig ("fight").^[1]

Jadwiga may refer to:

• Jadwiga (wife of Władysław Odonic) (died 1249), Duchess consort of Greater Poland
• Jadwiga of Kalisz (1266-1339), Polish queen
• Jadwiga of Poland (ca. 1373-74-1399), Polish monarch
• Jadwiga Abramson (1887-1944), Polish child psychologist
• Jadwiga Andrzejewska (1915-1977), Polish film and theater actress
• Jadwiga Apostoł (1913-1990), Polish writer, resistance fighter
• Jadwiga Barańska(1935-2024), Polish actress and screenwriter
• Jadwiga Chojnacka (1900-1992), Polish film actress
• Jadwiga Damse (born 1947), Polish Olympic luger
• Jadwiga Długoborska (1899-1944), Polish teacher, who rescued Jews in WWII
• Jadwiga Dobrzyńska (1898-1940), Polish architect
• Jadwiga Doering (born 1938), Polish Olympic sprint canoer
• Jadwiga Dudziec (1912-1944), Polish educator and member of the Polish Resistance during World War II
• Jadwiga Dzido (1918-1985), Polish resistance worker deported to the Ravensbrück concentration camp
• Jadwiga Dzieduszycka (1867-1941), Polish noblewoman
• Jadwiga Dziubińska (1874-1937), Polish politician
• Jadwiga Falkowska (1889-1944), Polish teacher, soldier, and scout leader
• Jadwiga Golcz (1866-1936), Polish photographer
• Jadwiga Grabowska-Hawrylak (1920-2018), Polish architect
• Jadwiga Harasowska (1904-1978), Polish publisher, journalist, and émigré activist
• Jadwiga Hładki (1904-1944), Polish artist
• Jadwiga Jagiellon (disambiguation), several Polish princesses of that name
• Jadwiga Jankowska-Cieślak (1951-2025), Polish film actress
• Jadwiga Jędrzejowska (1912-1980), Polish tennis player
• Jadwiga Klemensiewicz (1871-1963), Polish pharmacist
• Jadwiga Klimaj (1931-1998), Polish Olympic shot putter
• Jadwiga Kołdras (born 1959), Polish Olympic field hockey player
• Jadwiga Kotnowska (born 1957), Polish flautist
• Jadwiga Książek (1939-2019), Polish volleyball player
• Jadwiga Kuryluk (1912-1995), Polish film actress
• Jadwiga Lachowska (1892-after 1962), Polish operatic soprano and mezzo-soprano
• Jadwiga Lenartowicz Rylko (1910-2010), Polish physician and Nazi concentration camp survivor
• Jadwiga Lipińska (1932-2009), Polish Egyptologist
• Jadwiga Łopata, Polish organic farmer
• Jadwiga Łuszczewska (1834-1908), Polish poet, novelist and salonniére
• Jadwiga Łuszkowska (1616-1648), Polish noblewoman, known as the mistress of Polish king Ladislaus IV Vasa
• Jadwiga Ostrowska-Czubenko (born 1949), Polish chemist
• Jadwiga Piłsudska (1920-2014), Polish pilot who served in the Air Transport Auxiliary during the Second World War
• Jadwiga Rappé (1952-2025), Polish contralto
• Jadwiga Rutkowska (1934-2004), Polish Olympic volleyball player
• Jadwiga Sapieżyna (1806-1890), Polish noblewoman and philanthropist
• Jadwiga Sarnecka (1877 or 1883-1913), Polish composer and pianist
• Jadwiga Smosarska (1898-1971), Polish film actress
• Jadwiga Staniszkis (1942-2024), Polish sociologist and political scientist
• Jadwiga Szczawińska-Dawidowa (1864-1910), Polish teacher, school founder, writer and women's rights activist
• Jadwiga Szopieraj (1908-1975), Polish photographer
• Jadwiga Szoszler-Wilejto (born 1949), Polish Olympic archer
• Jadwiga Szubartowicz (1905-2017), Polish supercentenarian
• Jadwiga Tyszka (1954-2005), Polish-born actress and community activist
• Jadwiga Umińska (1900-1983), Polish painter
• Jadwiga Vuyk (1886-1950), Polish-Dutch art dealer and art historian
• Jadwiga Wajs (1912-1990), Polish Olympic discus thrower
• Jadwiga Wołoszyńska (1882-1951), Polish botanist
• Jadwiga Wysoczanská (1927-2021), Czech operatic soprano
• Jadwiga Zakrzewska (born 1950), Polish politician
• Jadwiga Złotorzycka (1926-2002), Polish entomologist
• Jadwiga Żylińska (1910-2009), Polish author

• Hedwig (disambiguation)
• Hadewijch
• Edwige