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Hedy

girl name · Germanic origin · 2 syllables

Meaning

strife, combat (short form of Hedwig); Hedy Lamarr, film star and co-inventor of an early frequency-hopping technology behind modern Wi-Fi and Bluetooth

Popularity, 1890–2024

1890speak 2020s

Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Hedy peaked in the 2020s.

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