Cedric
Cedric is a masculine given name used in English-speaking countries and, with a diacritic, in French as Cédric. The name’s origin is uncertain. It is often linked to the Old English name Cerdic, a king of Wessex, or to a fictional creation by Sir Walter Scott in his 1820 novel Ivanhoe, where Cedric the Saxon is a central character. Because of Scott’s popularity, Cedric entered wider circulation in the 19th century and has remained in use since, though it has not reached high levels of popularity.
Notable people and characters named Cedric include Cedric the Entertainer (Cedric Antonio Kyles, born 1964), an
In francophone contexts, Cédric is a common given name, with numerous people in France and other French-speaking