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Edda (female)

Variants:Hedda (F)
Pet Name for:Edvige (F)
   
Source(s): The Oxford Names Companion, OUP
Notes:

Italian pet name for Edvige and hence a variant of Hedda, a Scandinavian pet name for Hedvig.

Edvige and Hedvig are variants of the German Hedwig from Old German "contention" + "war".
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