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Jadwiga is my grandmother's name, so I love it. I would use it as a middle name, though, because it's so unfamiliar to most people where I live. I know my grandma is tired of explaining, pronouncing, and correcting this name for others (where we live Polish is so unfamiliar to most, it might as well be a Martian language).

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If it helps, my grandma uses "Hedy" as an occasional nn, since Jadwiga is the same as Hedwig, and she always loved Hedy Lamarr. I would go with something simple as a combo like, Jadwiga May, Ellen Jadwiga, Zoe Jadwiga, or Laurel Jadwiga.