Given name

Cédric

“beloved”

Cédric is a masculine given name from English. It is used in French.

Meaning & origin

What it means

Cédric goes back to a word meaning “beloved.”

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Where it comes from

Cédric comes from English.

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How it developed

From English Cedric.

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Cédric’s family of names

In French usage, Cédric has a diminutive in Ced. In French usage, Cédric has a conventional equivalent in the English form Cedric. In French usage, Cédric has a conventional equivalent in the Welsh form Caradoc.

Walk Cédric’s family in the name graph

CédricCedCedricSedrikCarthachCaradocCedrykCaratauc

Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.

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Around the world

Cédric has relatives in 7 languages. Lines run from its English roots to each of them.

EnglishFrench

Englishwhere Cédric comes from · 1 name

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Nicknames & forms 1

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

Across languages 7

Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.

See also 3

Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.

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Sibling ideas

Names that share Cédric’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.

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