Male first name (French); (?) Cedric loved; English (invented); Carad = loved (Welsh); love CARU = (Welsh), invented by Sir Walter Scott for a character in his novel 'Ivanhoe'; while he walked Perhaps the name 'Cerdic' from whose meaning is uncertain, a possible origin for 'Cerdic' (also 'Ceredig') is of Celtic / Welsh 'Carad' (loved)