 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 (/ˈsɛdrɪk/) 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.