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It sounds elderly to me - it's short for Jadwiga, a name popular among Polish women born in the 1940s and 1950s. My grandmother's name is Jadwiga, and she often goes by Jadzia. It's pronounced YA-ja.

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masculine list: https://www.behindthename.com/pnl/191050/124079
feminine list: https://www.behindthename.com/pnl/191050/124080