Given name & surname
Fedrick
Fedrick is a 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, Fedrick carries the interpretation “one who is kind and loved; of the spectacular bounty.” Fedrick is a 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
Fedrick is used as a form of Cedric.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1936. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Fedrick is a 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
Fedrick through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 72
- 72 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2006
- 9 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 boys is 5 in 2016. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 9 in 2006. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 213 as a first name in 2020; 1,033 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Fedrick’s family of names
Fedrick is a form of Cedric. Fedrick has a related form in Fedric. Fedrick has a related form in Fedrik.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 6
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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