Cedric
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Cedric () is a given name invented by Sir Walter Scott in the 1819 novel Ivanhoe.
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Cedric () is a given name invented by Sir Walter Scott in the 1819 novel Ivanhoe.
== Etymology == The invented name is based on Cerdic, the name of a 6th-century Anglo-Saxon king (itself from Brittonic Coroticus).
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