Meanings
plural Cedrics
- masculineA male given name from Welsh.
"It's Cedric Errol, Lord Fauntleroy," answered Cedric. "That's what Mr. Havisham called me. - - -
1886, Frances Hodgson Burnett, Little Lord Fauntleroy, Chapter 21 more example
In a hall, the height of which was greatly disproportioned to its extreme length and width, a long oaken table, formed of planks rough-hewn from the forest, and which had scarcely received any polish, stood ready prepared for the evening meal of Cedric the Saxon.
1820, Walter Scott, Ivanhoe, Chapter 3
Origin
Invented by Walter Scott for Ivanhoe, possibly misread for Cerdic, name of a Saxon king, anglicized from Welsh caredig (“beloved”), in which case a doublet of Caradoc, Caradog, Caratacus, Craddock, Cradock, McCarthy, and McCarty. Alternatively Scott based Cedric on the Welsh name Cedrych (“spectacular bounty”).
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Finnish Sedrik
- Sedrikmale given name
French Cédric
- Cédricmale given name
Portuguese Cedrico
- Cedricomale given name
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Cedric. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Cedric
“Cedric.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Cedric. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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