Meaning: Variant of Sidney, linked with wide-island place names
The story
Sydney comes through a surname variant of Sidney. The Australian city shares that surname history; a place association and the older English wide-island derivation are different layers of the same name.
Nicknames
- Syd
- Sid
Spellings & variants
- Sidney
- Sydnee
- Sydnie
Popularity
Familiar
In the US top 1,000 — familiar, not everywhere.
Lower in the latest US rankings
Style
Origins
Sydney comes from English.
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