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Herwig - Origin and Meaning of the name

Meaning of the name Herwig

[ 2 syll. he-rwi(g), her-w-ig ] The boy name Herwig is pronounced HHERWihG KEY. Herwig's language of origin is Germanic and it is predominantly used in the German language. Two-element name derived from heri + wig which mean 'army, warrior' + 'fighter, warrior' respectively. A form of Herwig is Harwig (German).

Herwig is an unusual baby boy name. It is not listed in the top 1000.

Baby names that sound like Herwig include Haresh (Sanskrit), Hargus (English), Haris (Slavic), Harish (Sanskrit), Harris (English), Harwig (German), Herick (English), Herrick (English), Horace (English and French), Haroko (Japanese), Haroku (Japanese), Hersch (English), Hersh (English and Yiddish), Hersz (Yiddish), Herz (Yiddish), Hiroki (Japanese), Hiroshi (Japanese), Hirsch (English and German), Hirsh (English and Yiddish), and Horatio (English and Italian).

KEY: English pronunciation for Herwig: HH as in "he (HH.IY)" ; ER as in "hurt (HH.ER.T)" ; W as in "we (W.IY)" ; IH as in "it (IH.T)" ; G as in "green (G.R.IY.N)"


 
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