Cedric is a male given name which seems to have been created by Scottish writer and poet Sir Walter Scott (1771-1832) for his 1819 novel Ivanhoe. It’s possible he based it on a Celtic name, Cerdic, of unknown origin and meaning though it could be related to Brythonic Caratacos which derives from Proto-Brythonic *karɨd (to love) derived from a PIE root word.
Origin: Proto-Indo-European
Variants:
- Cédric (French)
- Cerdic (Anglo-Saxon)
- Caratacos (Ancient Celtic)
- Caratacus (Latinized Ancient Celtic)
- Caradog (Welsh)
- Caradoc (Welsh)
