Hedwige \he-dwi-ge, hed-wige\ as a girl's name is a variant of Edwige (French, Old German) and Hedwig (Old German), and the meaning of Hedwige is "contention and strife; contention, strife".
The baby name Hedwige sounds like Hedwiga and Hadwig. Other similar baby names are Hedvige and Jadwige.