Hedda

Hedda is a feminine given name, sometimes a diminutive form (hypocorism) of Hedvig, Hedwig or variants thereof. Bearers of the name include:

Women

 * Hedda Østberg Amundsen (born 1998), Norwegian cross-country skier
 * Hedvig Hedda Anderson (1832–1912), Swedish writer, teacher, and school founder
 * Hedda Andersson (1861–1950), Swedish physician
 * Hedda Berntsen (born 1976), Norwegian skier
 * Hedda Bolgar (1909–2013), American psychoanalyst
 * Elizabeth Hedda Dyson (1897–1951), Netherlands-born New Zealand journalist and magazine editor
 * Hedda Eulenberg (1876–1960), German translator and writer
 * Hedvig Hedda von Fersen (1753–1792), Swedish countess and courtier
 * Hedda Strand Gardsjord (born 1982), Norwegian footballer
 * Hedvig Hedda Hjortsberg (1777–1867), Swedish ballerina
 * Hedda Hopper, American actress and columnist born Elda Furry (1885–1966)
 * Hedda Hynne (born 1990), Norwegian middle-distance runner
 * Hedwig Hedda Korsch (1890–1982), German-American educationalist and university professor
 * Hedda Lundh (1921–2012), Danish resistance fighter, journalist and schoolteacher
 * Hedwig Hedda Morrison (1908–1991), German-Australian photographer
 * Hedda Nova (1899–1981), Russian-born American film actress
 * Hedda Nussbaum (born 1942), American author
 * Hedda Ødegaard (born 1995), Norwegian tennis player
 * Hedda Oosterhoff, interior acoustic designer born in Holland and living in New Zealand
 * Hedvig Hedda Piper (1746–1812), Swedish courtier
 * Hedda zu Putlitz (born 1965), German cyclist at the 2000 Olympics
 * Hedda Stiernstedt (born 1987), Swedish actress
 * Hedda Sterne (1910–2011), Romanian-born American artist
 * Hedda Vernon (1888–1925), German actress, screenwriter, and film producer born Hedwig Kemp
 * Hedda Wardemann, 21st century German immunologist
 * Anna Hedvig Hedda Wrangel (1792–1833, Swedish composer
 * Hedda Zinner (1905–1994), German political writer, actress, comedian, journalist and radio director

Men

 * Hædde (died 705), also spelled Hedda, monk, Bishop of Winchester and saint

Fictional characters

 * the title character of Hedda Gabler, an 1890 play by Henrik Ibsen

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