Cedric
For other uses, see
Cedric (disambiguation)
.
Cedric
An illustration from
Little Lord Fauntleroy
, by
Frances Hodgson Burnett
. A character in the children’s novel helped popularize the name Cedric.
Gender
Unisex
Language(s)
English
Origin
Meaning
Literary, invented name
Region of origin
Belgium
,
Canada
,
France
,
Switzerland
,
United Kingdom
,
United States
Cedric
(
/
ˈ
s
ɛ
d
r
ɪ
k
/
) is a given name invented by
Walter Scott
in the 1819 novel
Ivanhoe
.
[
1
]
^
Sir Walter Scott, Graham Tulloch (ed.),
Ivanhoe
, vol. 8 of The Edinburgh Edition of the Waverley Novels, Edinburgh University Press, 1998,
ISBN
9780748605736
, "explanatory notes", p. 511.