Cedric Forename
4,758th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 219,931 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
France
Highest density in:
Central African Republic
Cedric Forename Definition:
A male name. this now not uncommon name seems to have been invented by Sir Walter Scott for one of the characters in Ivanhoe, ‘Cedric the Saxon’. It was probably a mistake of Scott’s for Cerdic, the name of the traditional founder of the West Saxon kingdom.
Read More About This ForenameCedric Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| France | 100% | 57,658 | 1:1,153 | 201 |
| United States | 100% | 33,639 | 1:10,777 | 1,128 |
| Central African Republic | - | 14,267 | 1:316 | 117 |
| DR Congo | 99% | 12,894 | 1:5,726 | 699 |
| Cameroon | 87% | 10,818 | 1:1,998 | 398 |
| Burundi | 100% | 10,138 | 1:977 | 312 |
| Rwanda | 100% | 9,427 | 1:1,206 | 257 |
| South Africa | 100% | 8,998 | 1:6,061 | 1,138 |
| Madagascar | 100% | 8,767 | 1:2,695 | 628 |
| Belgium | 100% | 8,105 | 1:1,418 | 332 |
| Gabon | 100% | 3,889 | 1:484 | 74 |
| England | 100% | 3,600 | 1:15,445 | 1,066 |
| Philippines | 100% | 3,319 | 1:31,940 | 2,758 |
| Canada | 100% | 2,441 | 1:13,574 | 1,430 |
| Kenya | 100% | 1,616 | 1:28,655 | 2,454 |
| Sudan | 100% | 1,586 | 1:23,838 | 2,295 |
| Ghana | 100% | 1,461 | 1:18,471 | 1,437 |
| Angola | - | 1,350 | 1:19,975 | 1,690 |
| Morocco | - | 1,338 | 1:25,672 | 1,438 |
| Congo | 100% | 1,305 | 1:3,838 | 611 |
| Benin | 100% | 1,245 | 1:8,495 | 1,221 |
| Macau | - | 1,170 | 1:520 | 125 |
| Thailand | 100% | 1,163 | 1:60,246 | 6,098 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 1,145 | 1:18,165 | 2,459 |
| Togo | - | 1,071 | 1:6,759 | 1,050 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 1,049 | 1:7,830 | 898 |
| Ivory Coast | 100% | 901 | 1:25,611 | 2,210 |
| Jamaica | - | 896 | 1:3,218 | 620 |
| Germany | 100% | 785 | 1:123,157 | 2,373 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 775 | 1:21,809 | 2,040 |
| Malawi | 100% | 698 | 1:24,516 | 2,075 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 641 | 1:48,070 | 5,572 |
| New Caledonia | 100% | 560 | 1:482 | 119 |
| India | 100% | 552 | 1:2,200,866 | 111,314 |
| Chad | 100% | 494 | 1:27,527 | 3,248 |
| Australia | - | 459 | 1:29,755 | 1,781 |
| Brazil | 100% | 428 | 1:500,552 | 16,430 |
| Poland | 100% | 424 | 1:89,687 | 2,012 |
| New Zealand | - | 402 | 1:11,284 | 1,141 |
| Samoa | - | 320 | 1:610 | 177 |
| French Polynesia | - | 303 | 1:917 | 206 |
| Papua New Guinea | 98% | 290 | 1:28,111 | 2,789 |
| Spain | 100% | 289 | 1:161,003 | 3,655 |
| Curaçao | 100% | 277 | 1:562 | 174 |
| Bahamas | - | 272 | 1:1,468 | 351 |
| Guyana | 100% | 272 | 1:2,806 | 551 |
| Nigeria | 100% | 270 | 1:657,646 | 18,853 |
| Botswana | 100% | 269 | 1:8,121 | 1,236 |
| Burkina Faso | 100% | 255 | 1:72,076 | 4,367 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 240 | 1:29,800 | 2,917 |
| Singapore | 100% | 235 | 1:26,753 | 4,299 |
| Kuwait | - | 228 | 1:16,602 | 1,838 |
| Mali | 100% | 221 | 1:76,822 | 3,384 |
| Uganda | 100% | 209 | 1:195,966 | 6,826 |
| Ireland | 100% | 197 | 1:23,571 | 1,078 |
| Malaysia | 99% | 197 | 1:154,568 | 9,622 |
| Suriname | 100% | 197 | 1:2,806 | 651 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 180 | 1:7,563 | 1,202 |
| Portugal | - | 166 | 1:62,716 | 2,006 |
| China | - | 153 | 1:8,928,469 | 59,546 |
| Barbados | - | 142 | 1:2,041 | 451 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 142 | 1:73,460 | 4,284 |
| Hong Kong | - | 141 | 1:54,984 | 2,548 |
| Japan | - | 138 | 1:927,435 | 14,542 |
| Namibia | - | 133 | 1:18,077 | 1,715 |
| Vanuatu | - | 133 | 1:1,968 | 489 |
| Wales | 100% | 129 | 1:23,987 | 1,218 |
| Mexico | 100% | 127 | 1:977,515 | 8,018 |
| Malta | - | 119 | 1:3,608 | 560 |
| Zimbabwe | 100% | 119 | 1:129,612 | 8,787 |
| Mauritius | 100% | 109 | 1:11,906 | 1,439 |
| Chile | 100% | 101 | 1:174,329 | 3,418 |
| Haiti | 100% | 94 | 1:114,117 | 6,226 |
| Luxembourg | - | 90 | 1:6,267 | 613 |
| Lebanon | 94% | 86 | 1:65,437 | 2,673 |
| Sweden | 100% | 70 | 1:140,827 | 5,513 |
| Qatar | 100% | 69 | 1:34,342 | 4,570 |
| Zambia | - | 68 | 1:233,159 | 7,599 |
| Italy | 100% | 67 | 1:911,374 | 8,121 |
| Scotland | 100% | 63 | 1:84,926 | 2,132 |
| Bahrain | - | 59 | 1:22,859 | 3,234 |
| Norway | 100% | 53 | 1:96,836 | 3,172 |
| Peru | 100% | 51 | 1:623,362 | 10,186 |
| Liberia | 100% | 48 | 1:91,918 | 4,069 |
| Indonesia | - | 38 | 1:6,788,518 | 244,640 |
| Iraq | - | 34 | 1:1,029,937 | 8,327 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 100% | 34 | 1:1,614 | 377 |
| Aruba | - | 33 | 1:3,145 | 634 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 32 | 1:3,106 | 634 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 32 | 1:3,487 | 654 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 30 | 1:1,006,730 | 21,651 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 29 | 1:3,784 | 670 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 27 | 1:176,591 | 4,323 |
| Seychelles | 100% | 26 | 1:3,564 | 725 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 26 | 1:2,030,320 | 22,015 |
| Mozambique | - | 25 | 1:1,089,734 | 1,713 |
| Panama | 100% | 25 | 1:156,262 | 6,569 |
| Denmark | - | 24 | 1:235,396 | 4,909 |
| Austria | 100% | 23 | 1:370,183 | 3,999 |
| Czechia | 100% | 23 | 1:463,311 | 2,414 |
| Finland | 89% | 22 | 1:249,236 | 3,896 |
| Monaco | - | 22 | 1:1,748 | 360 |
| Saint Lucia | 94% | 22 | 1:8,082 | 1,192 |
| Azerbaijan | 100% | 19 | 1:507,523 | 10,355 |
| Senegal | 100% | 19 | 1:767,440 | 8,136 |
| Pakistan | 100% | 18 | 1:10,797,649 | 73,414 |
| Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha | - | 18 | 1:324 | 89 |
| South Korea | - | 18 | 1:308,023 | 9,744 |
| Ecuador | - | 17 | 1:1,042,760 | 8,001 |
| Russia | 100% | 17 | 1:8,484,336 | 34,226 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 17 | 1:1,398,217 | 44,417 |
| Belize | 100% | 16 | 1:22,144 | 2,400 |
| Sierra Leone | - | 16 | 1:443,041 | 536 |
| Bermuda | - | 15 | 1:4,322 | 727 |
| British Virgin Islands | - | 14 | 1:2,232 | 502 |
| Greece | 100% | 14 | 1:781,039 | 8,435 |
| Israel | 100% | 14 | 1:600,208 | 10,774 |
| Cambodia | - | 13 | 1:1,251,795 | 17,972 |
| Andorra | - | 12 | 1:6,907 | 529 |
| Tunisia | - | 12 | 1:56,408 | 2,773 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | - | 12 | 1:2,892 | 588 |
| Vietnam | - | 12 | 1:7,718,593 | 3,884 |
| Guinea | 100% | 10 | 1:1,185,865 | 3,458 |
| Argentina | 100% | 9 | 1:4,752,583 | 12,276 |
| Djibouti | - | 9 | 1:101,740 | 979 |
| Egypt | - | 9 | 1:10,211,216 | 21,716 |
| Guatemala | 100% | 9 | 1:1,789,825 | 5,607 |
| Swaziland | - | 9 | 1:144,464 | 1,815 |
| Afghanistan | - | 8 | 1:4,077,940 | 25,891 |
| Algeria | - | 7 | 1:5,453,817 | 10,071 |
| Grenada | 100% | 7 | 1:15,446 | 1,649 |
| Guam | - | 7 | 1:22,949 | 2,164 |
| Iceland | - | 7 | 1:52,288 | 2,981 |
| Montserrat | - | 7 | 1:697 | 83 |
| Ukraine | - | 7 | 1:6,499,987 | 10,516 |
| Northern Ireland | 100% | 6 | 1:307,191 | 2,078 |
| Anguilla | 100% | 6 | 1:2,209 | 418 |
| Estonia | 100% | 6 | 1:219,230 | 6,245 |
| Honduras | - | 6 | 1:1,469,578 | 13,832 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 6 | 1:1,003,056 | 13,067 |
| Turkey | 100% | 6 | 1:12,966,952 | 37,072 |
| Dominica | - | 5 | 1:15,094 | 483 |
| Moldova | 100% | 5 | 1:712,228 | 3,885 |
| Niger | 100% | 5 | 1:3,836,799 | 37,767 |
| Bangladesh | - | 4 | 1:39,865,342 | 24,379 |
| Cayman Islands | - | 4 | 1:15,325 | 1,588 |
| East Timor | - | 4 | 1:304,594 | 432 |
| El Salvador | - | 4 | 1:1,585,446 | 8,153 |
| Equatorial Guinea | - | 4 | 1:284,422 | 684 |
| Nepal | - | 4 | 1:7,121,838 | 62,014 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 4 | 1:887,575 | 4,962 |
| Saint Barthelemy | - | 4 | 1:2,389 | 151 |
| Saint Martin | - | 4 | 1:8,936 | 133 |
| Uruguay | - | 4 | 1:856,909 | 8,493 |
| Jersey | - | 3 | 1:33,327 | 1,495 |
| Kazakhstan | 100% | 3 | 1:5,915,615 | 32,741 |
| Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 100% | 3 | 1:2,105 | 306 |
| Iran | - | 2 | 1:39,248,434 | 50,459 |
| Jordan | - | 2 | 1:4,413,387 | 8,826 |
| Oman | - | 2 | 1:2,054,334 | 8,531 |
| Yemen | - | 2 | 1:13,148,376 | 10,677 |
| American Samoa | - | 1 | 1:55,845 | 3,376 |
| Armenia | - | 1 | 1:2,918,753 | 14,910 |
| Belarus | 100% | 1 | 1:9,482,384 | 20,892 |
| Bolivia | - | 1 | 1:10,601,404 | 9,299 |
| Bulgaria | - | 1 | 1:6,990,390 | 27,036 |
| Colombia | 100% | 1 | 1:47,778,926 | 95,497 |
| Cook Islands | - | 1 | 1:18,153 | 1,349 |
| Croatia | - | 1 | 1:4,217,076 | 20,943 |
| Ethiopia | - | 1 | 1:97,560,133 | 29,608 |
| Georgia | - | 1 | 1:3,738,466 | 29,095 |
| Gibraltar | - | 1 | 1:34,138 | 985 |
| Hungary | 100% | 1 | 1:9,791,771 | 6,528 |
| Isle of Man | - | 1 | 1:85,023 | 723 |
| Laos | - | 1 | 1:6,586,856 | 1,888 |
| Latvia | - | 1 | 1:2,015,645 | 6,531 |
| Lesotho | 100% | 1 | 1:2,039,997 | 47,971 |
| Libya | - | 1 | 1:6,221,309 | 3,060 |
| Lithuania | - | 1 | 1:2,951,882 | 5,377 |
| Maldives | - | 1 | 1:433,903 | 5,827 |
| Micronesia | - | 1 | 1:106,500 | 1,462 |
| Mongolia | - | 1 | 1:2,934,814 | 16,205 |
| Montenegro | - | 1 | 1:634,576 | 4,914 |
| Myanmar | - | 1 | 1:51,948,273 | 3,226 |
| Northern Cyprus | 100% | 1 | 1:318,133 | 3,044 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | - | 1 | 1:54,668 | 1,803 |
| Paraguay | 100% | 1 | 1:7,236,805 | 16,549 |
| Romania | - | 1 | 1:20,051,976 | 55,376 |
| San Marino | 100% | 1 | 1:32,920 | 787 |
| Serbia | - | 1 | 1:7,145,721 | 10,629 |
| Slovakia | - | 1 | 1:5,310,063 | 9,949 |
| Solomon Islands | - | 1 | 1:580,957 | 8,641 |
| Somalia | - | 1 | 1:13,525,867 | 7,760 |
| Tajikistan | - | 1 | 1:8,374,922 | 7,831 |
The alternate forms: Cédric (54,193) & Cèdric (957) are calculated separately.
Cedric (4,667) may also be a surname.
Cedric Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A male name. this now not uncommon name seems to have been invented by Sir Walter Scott for one of the characters in Ivanhoe, ‘Cedric the Saxon’. It was probably a mistake of Scott’s for Cerdic, the name of the traditional founder of the West Saxon kingdom. Cerdic is itself a puzzling name, for it has the appearance of a Celtic rather than a Teutonic word and may be from Celtic Caratacos. Cedric came into fashion as a christian name after the publication in 1886 of Little Lord Fauntleroy (it was the christian name of the hero of that book), and seems to have settled down to permanent use, unlike the hero’s clothes, which were also once popular.
— The Oxford Dictionary of Christian Names (1947) by E. G. Withycombe
In Celtic, ‘war-chief,’ it is thus one of many long-established m., and a few f. names in which war plays a part. Gradually falling into disuse.
— Name This Child (1959) by Eric Partridge
Celtic and Gaelic (masculine) (cead righ) - War chief.
— What is Your Name? (1863) by Sophy Moody
A Celtic name, meaning: War chief.
— Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead
User-submitted Reference
The name Cedric was established around 19th century. It means 'leader of the battle'. It's etymology is similar to the one of the name Celtic, meaning 'war chief'.
- dric__rwIt is a male given name of Celtic origin, which means 'leader in a battle'.
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Sample size: 6 (1901)
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