Cedric

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”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɛdɹɪk/
• Hyphenation: Ced‧ric

Cedric (plural Cedrics) m

1. A male given name from Welsh.
   • 1820, Walter Scott, Ivanhoe, Chapter 3:

     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.

   • 1886, Frances Hodgson Burnett, Little Lord Fauntleroy, Chapter 2:

     "It's Cedric Errol, Lord Fauntleroy," answered Cedric. "That's what Mr. Havisham called me. - - -

• Cedrica f

• → Finnish: Sedrik
• → French: Cédric m
• → French: Cédrika f

• circed

From English Cedric. Partly from Cedric Errol of Little Lord Fauntleroy.

Cedric

1. a male given name from English [in turn from Welsh]