Sidney

French

"Saint Denis"

Sidney Origin and Meaning

The name Sidney is a girl's name of French origin meaning "Saint Denis".

While Sidney in this spelling has a long history as a girls' name, it fell off the Top 1000 from the early 50s until 1990. Then it reemerged as one of the newly chic androgynous names for girls, rising into the Top 300 before falling off the Top 1000 list again in 2016. Sydney is now the more fashionable form.

Sidney Rank in US Top 1000

# 999 in the US

Sidney Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

# 2073 on Nameberry

Popularity of the name Sidney

• 999 US 2015
• 1946 Nameberry 2022
• 734 Unique 2024
• 185 Unisex 2021
• 920 England 2023

20 Names Similar to Sidney

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Famous People Named Sidney

• Sidney Robyn Danae Bush American actress; twin sister Lindsay Bush
• Sidney Sartini American singer from band Bahari
• Sidney Aoibheann McCauley (b. 2015) daughter of American singer,songwriter Vanessa Carlton

The name Sidney in Pop Culture

• Sidney Bloom from movie "The Pregnancy Pact" played by Thora Birch
• Sidney Prescott main protagonist of the "Scream" franchise