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Opinions on Cedric please

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tummytickler · 12/05/2009 11:12

Hello
I am loving Cedric at the moment - it is my top spot (still need to convince dh).
What do you think?
Do you think the Harry Potter association will make it popular (I havent read it so dont know how central the character is).
I would hate it to be the new Archie or Alfie or whatever!

Opinions please

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Pingpong · 15/05/2009 23:34

not my cup of tea but if you are considering
Cedric Merlin Josiah we are obviously poles apart anyway!
Wigglesworth - I don't put Gordon, Graham and Brian in the same league as Cedric at all ? What makes you say that. I know lots of Gordons, Grahams and Brians my age and I only know one Cedric and he is an old man. I really think of Cedric as an old man name and not one I like at all.

lunamoon2 · 14/05/2009 21:53

Tiger Susan !!!!!!!
Wow is all I can say to that x

letsgostrawberrypicking · 13/05/2009 23:32

am all for "oldie" names - Freddie, Billy, even Walter at a push but CEDRIC? NOOOOO!!

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tummytickler · 13/05/2009 23:24

Would he really be that put out though? I dont thoink kids make nearly such a big thing about names as the parents. dd goes to school with Daffodil, Tiger Susan etc and doesnt bat an eyelid!
Is it not Cyril Sneer the cartoon character form the Racoons that you are thinking of?
I am still loving it tbh.
My combo at the moment is

Cedric Merlin Josiah (mn from family/dh name)

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lunamoon2 · 13/05/2009 23:19

Whatever tickles your fancy 19fran76

19fran76 · 13/05/2009 23:17

Ah, how deliciously evocative lunamoon. Perversely, your description made me love it more

lunamoon2 · 13/05/2009 23:10

No can't see anything to like about this name.
Reminds me of a 500 year old reluctant dragon slayer.

basementbear · 13/05/2009 22:31

I do quite like it to be honest, but I really don't think he will thank you for it.

19fran76 · 13/05/2009 22:26

How fabulous.

random · 13/05/2009 22:22

noooooooooooooooooo

Tinker · 13/05/2009 22:20

Yes, I knew a Chinese girl who chose Beryl as her British name

19fran76 · 13/05/2009 22:20

Hi Seeker. I gave my DD an unusual name because I liked it - the rest is just a bonus

avenginggerbil · 13/05/2009 22:17

Cory, yes, I think you're right too. But the point holds; can't bear names that get hideously distorted by accent/speech impediment. Thethil/Thedric/Effl/Ediff come to mind. (And, ghastly thought, how would someone with a lisp and an estuary 'th' manage Thedric Thmiff )

(And before anyone accuses me of insensitivity, I have difficulty with R's, and one of my names begins with it. I hate not being able to say my own name reliably.)

blithedance · 13/05/2009 22:02

I think it's a lovely name. I like those traditional names and think it's a change from all those "fashionable but so commonly used" ones.

I know a Cedric and he's really good looking, successful and a perfect gentleman.

Mind, he is from a Chinese family and it's common to have a "British" name that's a bit traditional (also know people with alternative names like Dorothy and Neville).

Names are what you make them.

Littlefish · 13/05/2009 21:46

Awful, sorry.

I'm pretty sure there's a cartoon character called Cedric who's very unpleasant. I think he's an ant-eater or something like that.

Wigglesworth · 13/05/2009 21:40

Oh dear God don't do it, a terrible name. What's next? Gordon, Graham, Brian?

cory · 13/05/2009 21:25

gerbil, I'm fairly sure it's Thethil who's been thick.

flibbertywidget · 13/05/2009 19:59

Nope -- not for me. I am not a "cedric" fan. Nor a quentin one for that matter. And I am not entirely convinced people would buy from a cedric over a jack and a Tom. So nope, not a fave of mine... but just my opinion

avenginggerbil · 13/05/2009 18:23

When I was 7, my friend Sharon (yes, I know, I'm old) used to do a monologue with a fake lisp which began

"Thedric wath a Caterpillar
Thedric wath my Friend.
Latht time I thaw Thedric he wath THITH big"

(he eats stuff, and at the end "Thedric" is "Thick").

(On reflection, it might have been "Thethil" who was the caterpillar. In any case, have mercy.)

seeker · 13/05/2009 18:15

19fran - am I understanding you? You've given your daughter an unusual name deliberately because you think you learn from being given a hard time? Honestly?

Tinker · 13/05/2009 18:01

I suppose he could call himslef Ced or Ric. In fact, I'm pretty sure that is what he'd end up being called..

DownyEmerald · 13/05/2009 15:41

awful

19fran76 · 13/05/2009 15:39

I grew up with an unusual name. You are going to be picked on for being different because of it. I didn't enjoy some of the experiences much at the time but I've given my daughter an unusual name because I think you can learn lots of positive things from those experiences e.g. not to be scared of being different, that it's more important to be yourself than to "fit in", empathy for others who are bullied due to difference. Of course you can learn all this through other means but having a "strange" name gives you a crash course! Agree with Mayanna that children will only find something else to pick on anyway & yep, you do get remembered more easily as an adult (or so it seems).

totalmisfit · 13/05/2009 15:36

makes me think of Cedric Daniels from The Wire

Who is definitely some people's cup of tea, though in my case only with his shirt off!

mayanna123 · 13/05/2009 14:54

If three year 9s come up to a shy, small spotty 11 year old they will bully him regardless of his name!

More importantly, imagine yourself as a succesful businessman and introducing yourself as Cedric (as opposed to Jack or Tom) - your clients and colleages will remember you much more easily than if you were yet another Jack, Tom or Mike!