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Name Cédric

Meaning:

maybe beloved

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About the name Cédric in particular

Gender:	male
Languages of use:	French
US 2021 rank:	not in the Top 1000; other popularity lists see below
Similarly written:	Cedric, Cedrick, Cedrik, Bedrich, Eldric, Elric, Eric Details

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About Cedric, the group of names with the same origin as Cédric

Meaning/translation:	maybe beloved
Language of origin:	English
Info about origin:	invented by Sir Walter Scott for a character in his novel Ivanhoe
	maybe he altered the name Cerdic whose meaning is not known for sure
	one possible origin for Cerdic (also Ceredig) is from Celtic/Welsh carad (loved, beloved)
Words:	carad = loved, beloved Welsh
	caru = to love Welsh
Topics:	Invented
Variants' top ranks:	30:Cédric Switzerland/German 2006, 34:Cedric Switzerland/German 2002, 921:Cedrick USA 1996
Name variants:	Cedric, Cédric, Cedrick, Cedrik Sortable list Details

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Popularity lists that contain the name Cédric

Series	Graph	Rankings
Belgium		2005 93
Belgium prevalence		2013 79
France	Graph	2002 127, 2000 96, 1999 96, 1998 75, 1997 73
Switzerland	Graph	1997 35, 1996 36
Switzerland/German	Graph	2015 188, 2013 167, 2006 30, 2005 38, 2004 41, 2003 31, 2001 47, 2000 36, 1999 35, 1998 33

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