Cedric
Cedric is a masculine given name invented by Walter Scott in the 1819 novel Ivanhoe.
The invented name is based on Cerdic, the name of a 6th-century Anglo-Saxon king.
The name was not popularly used until the children's book Little Lord Fauntleroy by Frances Hodgson Burnett was published in 1885 to 1886, the protagonist of which is called Cedric Errol. The book was highly successful, causing a fashion trend in children's formal dress in America and popularized the given name. People named Cedric born in the years following the novel's publication include British naval officer Cedric Holland, American war pilot Cedric Fauntleroy, Irish art director Austin Cedric Gibbons and British actor Cedric Hardwicke.
The name was also applied to Nissan's executive car between 1960 to 2004 and 2015 as Nissan Cedric.People
- Cédric Bakambu, French-Congolese football player
- Cedric Belfrage, British writer
- Cedric Benson, American football player
- Cedric Bixler-Zavala, American musician
- Cedric Bozeman, American basketball player
- Cedric Brooks, Jamaican musician
- Cedric Ceballos, American basketball player
- Cedric Gervais, French discjockey
- Cédric Gracia, French cyclist
- Cedric Gibbons, Irish-born American art director
- Cedric Glover, American politician
- Cedric van der Gun, Dutch footballer
- Cedric "K-Ci" Hailey, American singer
- Cedric Hardwicke, British actor
- Cédric Heymans, French rugby player
- Cedric Holland, British naval officer
- Cédric Kanté, French football player
- Cédric Klapisch, French film director
- Cedric Kyles , aka Cedric the Entertainer, American actor and comedian
- Cedric Maake, South African serial killer and rapist
- Cedric Maxwell, American basketball player
- Cedric McKinnon, American football player
- Cédric Michaud, French skater
- Cédric Mongongu, Congolese football player
- Cedric Morris, Welsh painter
- Cedric Nicolas-Troyan, French-American film director
- Cédric Pénicaud, French swimmer
- Cédric Pioline, French tennis player
- Cedric Price, British architect
- Cedric Richmond, American politician
- Cedric Smith, several people
- Cédric Soares, Portuguese football player
- Cédric Taymans, Belgian judoka
- Cedric Tillman, multiple people
- Cedric Thornberry, an international lawyer and Assistant-Secretary-General of the United Nations
- Cédric Van der Elst, Belgian soccer player
- Cédric Villani, French mathematician
- Cedric Yarbrough, American comedian and actor
Fiction
- Cedric the Saxon, character in the 1819 novel Ivanhoe by Walter Scott
- Cedric Errol, character in the 1886 novel Little Lord Fauntleroy by Frances Hodgson Burnett
- Cédric, character in the Franco-Belgian comic book Cédric by Laudec and Cauvin
- Cedric, character in the 1992 film
- Cedric Daniels, character in the television series The Wire
- Cedric Diggory, character in the Harry Potter series
- Cedric, character in the Italian comic book series W.I.T.C.H.
- Cedric Sneer, character in The Raccoons, a Canadian animated television series
- Cedric the Sorcerer, character in Sofia the First animated TV series
- Cedric K. Ros—, character, the paternal grandfather of the Phantomhive twins in the manga Black Butler/Kuroshitsuji.
