Sydney

Variation of Sidney, English from French

"Saint Denis"

Sydney Origin and Meaning

The name Sydney is a boy's name of French, English origin meaning "Saint Denis".

The Sydney spelling most popular for girls: it's in the Top 50 on the female side. Cool for a girl, still nerdy for a guy.

Sydney Rank in US Top 1000

# 988 in the US

Sydney Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

# 1061 on Nameberry

Popularity of the name Sydney

• 1061 Nameberry 2025
• 940 England 2024

20 Names Similar to Sydney

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Famous People Named Sydney

• Sydney Brenner winner of the Nobel prize in Physiology or Medicine
• Sydney Ayres (dropped his first name Daniel) American silent film actor, director and screenwriter

The name Sydney in Pop Culture

• Sydney capital city of New South Wales in Australia.
• Sydney Carton character from "A Tale of Two Cities" by Charles Dickens
• Syd March protagonist of movie "Antiviral"
• Sydney character in the TV show "The Pretender"