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