Given name
Cedrica
“one who is kind and loved”
Cedrica is a feminine form of Cedric. One Welsh interpretation is “one who is kind and loved; of the spectacular bounty.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
In American use, Cedrica carries the interpretation “one who is kind and loved.” Cedrica is a feminine form of Cedric. One Welsh interpretation is “one who is kind and loved; of the spectacular bounty.”
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is American.
How it developed
Cedrica is used as a feminine counterpart of Cedric.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1988. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Cedrica is a feminine form of Cedric. The history of Cedric gives this family its wider story. Walter Scott created Cedric of Rotherwood for Ivanhoe. He may have rearranged the letters of Cerdic, the name of the traditional founder of Wessex. Another literary bearer is Cedric Errol in Little Lord Fauntleroy.
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Cedrica through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 69
- 0 boys · 69 girls
- Most popular year
- 1991
- 10 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 7 in 2000. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 10 in 1991. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 115 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Cedrica’s family of names
Cedrica is a feminine form of Cedric. Cedrica has a related form in Cedra. Cedrica has a related form in Cedricka.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 11
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Cedravariant
- Cedriannavariant
- Cedrianavariant
- Cedrinavariant
- Cedrickavariant
- Cedrikavariant
- Ceddricalikely variant
- Cedriannevariant
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Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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