Cedric

given name · Latin script

Meaning: [Ignoto]

Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

/sedʁik/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Cedric 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.

rarermore common
  • 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)

≈110,000 people, est.

3 (measured from records)

recorded for this name

Sources
463 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 630 (inferred from the name graph)

France, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

CedricLatin(measured from records)
СедрикCyrillic(measured from records)
ΣεντρικGreek(measured from records)

One other spelling is counted as the same name:

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)

[Ignoto]

Sources 1

  • Il grande libro dei nomi per bebè. Significato, origini, curiosità. Oltre 7000 nomi per bambine e bambini Significato,…

Attested across 16 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Cedric 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.

Where Cedric is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
FR France#81≈110,000 est.≈1 in 630133KCedric396
CM Cameroon#37≈34,000 est.≈1 in 808—Cedric48
US United States#85630,2951 in 11K30KCedric463
BE Belgium#62≈11,000 est.≈1 in 1K—Cedric160
ZA South Africa#799≈9,400 est.≈1 in 6KlistedCedric65
CH Switzerland#97≈5,200 est.≈1 in 1.6K—Cedric115

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. 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 names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Cedric is also recorded as 5 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Cédric

  • Swahili given name4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, South Africa, Kenya, Philippines

    Languages: Swahili, Southern Sotho, Kinyarwanda

    Also written Cédric

  • Hungarian given name5 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Hungary, United States, Switzerland, United Kingdom

    Languages: Hungarian, Finnish, Estonian

    Also written Cédric

  • Albanian given name2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Albania

    Also written Cédric

  • Czech given name3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Slovakia, Czechia, United States, Switzerland

    Languages: Czech, Slovak

    Also written Cédric

73 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

1850190019502000Adrian Boult, b. 1889Cedric Hardwicke, b. 1893Cedric Gibbons, b. 1893Cédric Pioline, b. 1969Cédric Villani, b. 1973Johan Micoud, b. 1973Cédric Jiménez, b. 1976Cedric Gervais, b. 1979Cédric Carrasso, b. 1981Cédric Bakambu, b. 1991

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)

InformalBonjour Cedric,Hi Cedric, (English)

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 83 sources across 52 countries.

Official registers attesting Cedric
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des prénoms (1900–2024)2016133K#2,420
US United StatesCensus Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex202030K#1,245
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)2025209—
US United StatesCensus Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex202071#1,245
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)19895—

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 Cedric mean, and where does it come from?
[Ignoto] Recorded by Il grande libro dei nomi per bebè. Significato, origini, curiosità. Oltre 7000 nomi per bambine e bambini Significato,….
Is Cedric a male or female name?
Cedric 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.
How do you pronounce Cedric?
A machine transcription gives /sedʁik/ (IPA) for French.
In which country does Cedric have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 108 thousand people named Cedric in France, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled cedric.
What are other forms of the name Cedric?
In the etymology graph, Caradoc, Caradog and Cerdic are forms of the same name in other languages.
How common is the name Cedric?
In the United States, the national register counted 30,295 people named Cedric in 2020, about 1 in 11 thousand residents.
How common is Cedric compared with other names?
In France, Cedric is the 81st most common given name of 754,146 given names recorded there.

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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, “Cedric” — the 81st most common given name in France. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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