Boy · English literary, possibly from Brittonic
Cedric
Say it: SED-rik
Meaning
Scott's spelling in Ivanhoe (1819), apparently from Cerdic, founder of Wessex, whose name may be British Celtic.
Uncertainseveral explanations, none settled.
Made a real name by Ivanhoe and Little Lord Fauntleroy (1886).
Its wave through time
Fading since the 1970s
In the United States
- 41,267 babies given this name since 1890
- At its height in 1974, about 1 in 1,700 boys
- 221 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
Famous bearers
- Cedric Errol, hero of Little Lord Fauntleroy
Names worth a look
Where this comes from
- Well-known works of literature
- Anglo-Saxon charters, chronicles and church records
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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