Cerdic

Gender Masculine
Usage Anglo-Saxon [1][2][3]

Meaning & History

Earlier form of Cedric, possibly of Brythonic origin.

Related Names

Rootkareti
Other Languages & CulturesCaradoc, Caradog(Arthurian Cycle) Caratācos, Caratacus(Brythonic) Cedric(English) Cédric(French) Carthach(Old Irish) Caratauc(Old Welsh) Caradoc, Caradog(Welsh)

People think this name is

classic   mature   formal   devious   strange   complex  

Categories

uncertain etymology

Sources & References

  1. Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, year 495, available from https://avalon.law.yale.edu/subject_menus/angsax.asp.
  2. Prosopography of Anglo-Saxon England, available from http://www.pase.ac.uk/jsp/index.jsp.
  3. Searle, William George. Onomasticon Anglo-Saxonicum. Cambridge, 1897, page 134.
Entry updated December 1, 2024