Cédric
given name · Latin script
Meaning: Literary name coined by Walter Scott; probably modeled on Celtic/Cymric forms
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/sedʁik/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Cédric is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in France than in any other country, where it is the 81st most common given name.
- FRFrance≈1 in 630(inferred from the name graph)
- CMCameroon≈1 in 808
- BEBelgium≈1 in 1K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- France (inferred from the name graph)
- 3 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 463 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 630 (inferred from the name graph)
≈110,000 people, est.
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
France, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
One other spelling is counted as the same name:
Locally spelled Cedric in FR France, US United States, BE Belgium and 3 more.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
Literary name coined by Walter Scott; probably modeled on Celtic/Cymric forms.
Sources 1
- Le grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)
Attested across 21 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Cédric counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FR France | #81 | ≈110,000 est. | ≈1 in 630 | 133K | Cedric | 396 |
| CM Cameroon | #37 | ≈34,000 est. | ≈1 in 808 | — | Cedric | 48 |
| US United States | #856 | 30,295 | 1 in 11K | 30K | Cedric | 463 |
| BE Belgium | #62 | ≈11,000 est. | ≈1 in 1K | — | Cedric | 160 |
| ZA South Africa | #799 | ≈9,400 est. | ≈1 in 6K | listed | Cedric | 65 |
| CH Switzerland | #97 | ≈5,200 est. | ≈1 in 1.6K | — | Cedric | 115 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: INSEE — Fichier des prénoms (1900–2024); Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; the masakhane register. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Cédric is also recorded in 4 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In French, a male given name from English Cedric, feminine equivalent Cédrika
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In French, Origine incertaine; popularisé par Walter Scott. Saint patron/non indiqué sur la page.
as a nameDictionnaire généalogique des prénoms
In French, Nom littéraire moderne, probablement d'invention; popularisé par Scott.
as a nameDictionnaire généalogique des prénoms
In French, Origine celtique, « chaise du roi ».
as a nameLe grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Adrian Boultb. 1889GBnot in their usual nameBritish conductor (1889–1983)
- Cedric Hardwickeb. 1893GBEnglish actor (1893-1964)
- Cedric Gibbonsb. 1893USAmerican art director (1890–1960)
- Cédric Piolineb. 1969FRFrench tennis player
- Cédric Villanib. 1973FRFrench mathematician and politician
- Johan Micoudb. 1973FRnot in their usual nameFrench footballer (born 1973)
- Cédric Jiménezb. 1976FRFilm producer and director
- Cedric Gervaisb. 1979FRFrench DJ and record producer
- Cédric Carrassob. 1981FRFrench footballer (born 1981)
- Cédric Bakambub. 1991FRCongolese footballer
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 31 sources across 23 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des prénoms (1900–2024) | 2024 | 19K | #1,152 |
| FR France | Dictionary of French Prénoms (Benoist, 2009) | — | — | — |
| ZA South Africa | MasakhaNER 2.0 — Zimbabwe (sna) | — | — | — |
Reference works 2
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Cédric mean, and where does it come from?
- Literary name coined by Walter Scott; probably modeled on Celtic/Cymric forms. Recorded by Le grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education).
- What are other forms of the name Cédric?
- In the etymology graph, Caradoc, Caradog and Cerdic are forms of the same name in other languages.
- How do you pronounce Cédric?
- A machine transcription gives /sedʁik/ (IPA) for French.
- Is Cédric a male or female name?
- Cédric is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- In which country does Cédric have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 108 thousand people named Cédric in France, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled cedric.
- How common is the name Cédric?
- In the United States, the national register counted 30,295 people named Cédric in 2020, about 1 in 11 thousand residents.
- How common is Cédric compared with other names?
- In France, Cédric is the 81st most common given name of 754,146 given names recorded there.
What do you want to know about Cédric?
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About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Cédric” — the 81st most common given name in France. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.