Cedric

Cedric
An illustration from Little Lord Fauntleroy, by Frances Hodgson Burnett. A character in the children’s novel helped popularize the name Cedric.
GenderUnisex
Language(s)English
Origin
MeaningLiterary, invented name
Region of originBelgium, Canada, France, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States

Cedric (/ˈsɛdrɪk/) is a given name invented by Walter Scott in the 1819 novel Ivanhoe.[1]

  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.