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Cedric

83 replies

mygreeneyedboy · 24/07/2015 15:27

Opinions? Will be A little brother for DS who has very traditional regal name: George/Edward/Henry/William etc.

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MehsMum · 24/07/2015 15:29

Is that 'Seedric' or 'Sedd-ric'

Not keen on the first, quite like the second. But it's not up to me: it's your baby, after all!

StonedGalah · 24/07/2015 15:31

Don't like it at all sorry.

mygreeneyedboy · 24/07/2015 15:35

It's the second pronunciation - ced-dric :)

DP really likes it, it's got family history in my side as well which is partly why he likes it. I'm still undecided

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swallowed · 24/07/2015 15:35

I know a couple (non Brit) and I don't like it, sorry.

mygreeneyedboy · 24/07/2015 15:36

Oops actually realised your second one is different to how I thought. That's odd - maybe I say it wrong? Maybe that's how my family say it? I have no idea!

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FundamentalistQuaker · 24/07/2015 15:39

I don't especially like it, I have to say.

Would you consider Cecil, or Edwin, Edmund, Edgar, Godwin, Harald, John, or Philip?

mrsdavidbowie · 24/07/2015 15:39

Awful.
As is Cuthbert. I know a Cuthy.

SirChenjin · 24/07/2015 15:41

Horrible.

MitzyLeFrouf · 24/07/2015 15:42

Please don't do it.

mygreeneyedboy · 24/07/2015 15:45

I know a Cuthy/Cuthbert as actually.. But (and as well as the names Quaker mentioned) I've never seen Cedric belong to this group of names. Probably simply due to family links. If it's not Cedric will just pick another Regal name similar to DS1.
I think Cedric George sounds lovely, but still unsure by itself. Plus I prefer George. But it's so popular at the moment!

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IsadoraQuagmire · 24/07/2015 15:55

I like it, but then I have a friend named Cedric (he's French) Also love Cedric in Nancy Mitford's "Love In A Cold Climate"

sweetpeame · 24/07/2015 16:18

Not crazy about it but it's better than a lot of the names suggested on here!!!

JakeyBurd · 24/07/2015 17:40

I like it with the Welsh pronunciation ked-ric, but not keen at all on sed-ric. Seems a bit 'wet' to me.

ThroughThickAndThin01 · 24/07/2015 17:55

Terrible, like Wally or Cuthbert or Dennis.

Poor Cedric will be very envious of his brothers much nicer name, sorry op.

Sophronia · 24/07/2015 18:10

I think it's not bad actually.

StaceyAndTracey · 24/07/2015 18:13

Another please don't do it

Give hims one of the others from George Henry Willliam Edward stable

Mynd · 24/07/2015 18:59

It's lovely! And I'm stealing it for my list Smile. Honestly, if it's not Toby or Xanthe, no one on MN wants to know.

learntoloveagain · 24/07/2015 19:03

Oh poor kid. When I saw the name in active I went Shock. It's a joke older man's name, like a pp said, 'wet.'

PrimalLass · 24/07/2015 19:05

Awful, sorry. Don't do it.

PrimalLass · 24/07/2015 19:07

Also no to Cecil. Seriously, these were the names we took the puss out of when we were small. The wimps in the Beano etc.

PrimalLass · 24/07/2015 19:08

*piss. Stupid prosecco typing.

luckiestgirlintheworld · 24/07/2015 19:33

I like it. (Assuming it's pronounced Sed-ric)

BothEndsBurning · 24/07/2015 19:43

I quite like it, but the Cedrics I have met or know of are French and of my own age, so it's not an "old man" name to me. Same goes for Cyril.

squoosh · 24/07/2015 21:28

Honestly, if it's not Toby or Xanthe, no one on MN wants to know.

That's not true at all.

reuset · 24/07/2015 21:34

It's a good solid name but I like it not. Cedric has brothers called Norbert, Cyril and Neville.