Sydney

French

"Saint Denis"

Sydney Origin and Meaning

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

Sydney was a hot girls' name in the 1990s, but she's arguably still cool. One of the original old man names adopted for baby girls, Sydney's popularity may be down but she's not out.

Cool girl actress Sydney Sweeney, of Euphoria and White Lotus, is doing a lot to burnish Sydney's image. The city of Sydney, Australia is another familiar reference.

Katharine Hepburn played a female Sidney in her first movie, A Bill of Divorcement and lately there have been women named Sydney all over the big and small screens, including Annette Bening in The American President, and on Alias, Parenthood and Hope and Faith. Actor Sidney Poitier named his daughter Sydney back in 1973,

Sydney Rank in US Top 1000

# 306 in the US

Sydney Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

# 462 on Nameberry

Popularity of the name Sydney

• 306 US 2023
• 462 Nameberry 2025
• 403 England 2023
• 77 Dogs 2017

20 Names Similar to Sydney

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• Zoey
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Famous People Named Sydney

• Sydney Owenson Lady Morgan, Irish novelist
• Sydney Margaret Penny American actress
• Sydney Sierota lead singer of American band Echosmith
• Sydney Rae Leroux Dwyer Canadian,American soccer player
• Sydney Laura Stevenson English actress; daughter of actors Robert Lindsay and Diana Weston
• Sydney Tamiia Poitier American actress; daughter of actor Sidney Poitier
• Sydney Jurldine Conway (b. 2011) daughter of boxer Laila Ali and NFL player Curtis Conway
• Sydney Harada (b. 2005) daughter of tattoo artist and TV personality Yoji Harada

The name Sydney in Pop Culture

• Sydney Andrews character on TV's "Melrose Place"
• Sydney Bristow character on TV's "Alias"
• Sydney Sage character from Richelle Mead's book series 'Bloodlines'
• Sydney "Syd" Drew the Pink Ranger on TV's "Power Rangers S.P.D."
• Sydney Graham character on TV's Parenthood
• Sydney Fox character on TV's "Relic Hunter"
• Sydney Kells main character on TV's "Sydney"
• "Sydney White " 2007 film and its main character
• Sydney Stanford main character in Sarah Dessen's Saint Anything
• Sydney Driscoll character on TV's "Pretty Little Liars"
• Sydney "Syd" Barrett character on TV's "Legion"
• Sydney major city in Australia
• Sydney Novak main character in graphic novel and TV series "I Am Not Okay With This"
• Sydney Clark Character in V.E. Schawb's Villains duology

International Variations of the name Sydney

• Sidonia Dutch
• Tzidoni Israeli
• Sidaine French
• Sidonie French