Sidney Forename
Approximately 220,213 people bear this name
Sidney Forename Definition:
A male name. the Sidney family was founded in England by Sir William Sidney or Sydney, the Chamberlain of Henry II, who came from Anjou. The name appears regularly in Latin as de Sancto Dionisio, &c., and there can be little doubt that it is a reduction of St Denis (cf.
Read More About This ForenameSidney Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 100% | 79,276 | 1:2,702 | 406 |
| United States | 86% | 70,326 | 1:5,155 | 729 |
| England | 100% | 18,525 | 1:3,002 | 419 |
| South Africa | 99% | 8,722 | 1:6,252 | 1,181 |
| Mozambique | - | 7,200 | 1:3,784 | 759 |
| Angola | 100% | 3,779 | 1:7,136 | 961 |
| Canada | 100% | 3,458 | 1:9,582 | 1,134 |
| Kenya | - | 2,809 | 1:16,485 | 1,748 |
| Philippines | 85% | 2,448 | 1:43,305 | 3,330 |
| Ghana | 100% | 2,191 | 1:12,317 | 1,115 |
| Zambia | - | 1,751 | 1:9,055 | 1,022 |
| Wales | 100% | 993 | 1:3,116 | 461 |
| Congo | 84% | 988 | 1:5,070 | 752 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 984 | 1:17,177 | 1,747 |
| Bahamas | - | 942 | 1:424 | 86 |
| Nigeria | 99% | 829 | 1:214,191 | 9,062 |
| Zimbabwe | 99% | 762 | 1:20,241 | 2,208 |
| France | 61% | 757 | 1:87,808 | 2,067 |
| Northern Ireland | 100% | 613 | 1:3,007 | 419 |
| Gabon | 100% | 561 | 1:3,357 | 747 |
| Colombia | 82% | 559 | 1:85,472 | 2,981 |
| Jamaica | - | 535 | 1:5,389 | 827 |
| Curaçao | 100% | 523 | 1:298 | 55 |
| Mexico | 54% | 516 | 1:240,590 | 3,924 |
| Malawi | 100% | 508 | 1:33,686 | 2,551 |
| Scotland | 100% | 487 | 1:10,986 | 736 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 429 | 1:48,483 | 5,248 |
| Peru | 70% | 414 | 1:76,791 | 3,124 |
| Australia | - | 388 | 1:35,200 | 1,934 |
| Bolivia | 100% | 382 | 1:27,752 | 1,624 |
| Costa Rica | 67% | 357 | 1:13,356 | 1,112 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 350 | 1:88,036 | 9,509 |
| India | 100% | 315 | 1:3,856,755 | 161,142 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 100% | 261 | 1:736 | 113 |
| Ecuador | - | 259 | 1:68,444 | 2,050 |
| Venezuela | 98% | 255 | 1:118,439 | 5,123 |
| Chile | 67% | 246 | 1:71,574 | 2,139 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 241 | 1:43,283 | 3,058 |
| Portugal | - | 240 | 1:43,379 | 1,571 |
| Belgium | 100% | 233 | 1:49,313 | 2,438 |
| Panama | 100% | 220 | 1:17,757 | 1,852 |
| Germany | 83% | 210 | 1:460,371 | 5,044 |
| Botswana | 100% | 200 | 1:10,922 | 1,530 |
| Cape Verde | 100% | 198 | 1:2,672 | 435 |
| New Zealand | - | 198 | 1:22,909 | 1,713 |
| Hong Kong | - | 176 | 1:44,050 | 2,467 |
| China | - | 173 | 1:7,896,276 | 59,445 |
| Ireland | 64% | 159 | 1:29,205 | 1,207 |
| Haiti | 100% | 144 | 1:74,493 | 4,544 |
| Nicaragua | 93% | 134 | 1:44,913 | 2,296 |
| Malaysia | 92% | 114 | 1:267,105 | 14,126 |
| Thailand | 90% | 113 | 1:620,051 | 27,201 |
| Guatemala | 90% | 112 | 1:143,825 | 2,611 |
| Morocco | - | 109 | 1:315,125 | 6,796 |
| Cameroon | - | 105 | 1:205,814 | 8,668 |
| El Salvador | - | 101 | 1:62,790 | 1,762 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 101 | 1:522,657 | 14,629 |
| Spain | 65% | 97 | 1:479,690 | 6,217 |
| Honduras | 100% | 96 | 1:91,849 | 3,105 |
| Switzerland | 92% | 87 | 1:94,408 | 3,053 |
| Indonesia | - | 86 | 1:2,999,578 | 137,839 |
| Uganda | 100% | 74 | 1:553,472 | 12,275 |
| Papua New Guinea | 96% | 72 | 1:113,227 | 10,176 |
| Sweden | 92% | 69 | 1:142,868 | 5,563 |
| DR Congo | 67% | 68 | 1:1,085,700 | 31,208 |
| Liberia | 96% | 60 | 1:73,534 | 3,480 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 57 | 1:23,885 | 2,685 |
| Argentina | 92% | 53 | 1:807,042 | 4,677 |
| Singapore | 57% | 53 | 1:118,624 | 7,664 |
| Uruguay | 100% | 51 | 1:67,209 | 2,110 |
| Central African Republic | - | 49 | 1:92,151 | 221 |
| Suriname | 100% | 49 | 1:11,282 | 2,027 |
| Ivory Coast | 95% | 47 | 1:490,977 | 18,412 |
| Kuwait | - | 47 | 1:80,538 | 6,521 |
| Aruba | - | 46 | 1:2,256 | 469 |
| Guyana | 100% | 44 | 1:17,347 | 2,240 |
| Cayman Islands | 100% | 43 | 1:1,426 | 325 |
| Lebanon | 83% | 43 | 1:130,874 | 3,598 |
| Russia | 89% | 40 | 1:3,605,843 | 19,731 |
| Jersey | - | 39 | 1:2,564 | 418 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 37 | 1:2,966 | 557 |
| Italy | 76% | 35 | 1:1,744,631 | 12,743 |
| Belize | 100% | 32 | 1:11,072 | 1,594 |
| Israel | 94% | 32 | 1:262,591 | 7,098 |
| Benin | 100% | 30 | 1:352,528 | 13,438 |
| Bermuda | - | 30 | 1:2,161 | 469 |
| Micronesia | - | 30 | 1:3,550 | 525 |
| South Korea | - | 23 | 1:241,062 | 8,475 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 22 | 1:1,080,440 | 39,831 |
| Barbados | - | 21 | 1:13,799 | 1,255 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | - | 20 | 1:2,733 | 523 |
| Afghanistan | 60% | 19 | 1:1,717,027 | 16,500 |
| Austria | 100% | 19 | 1:448,116 | 4,416 |
| Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha | - | 19 | 1:307 | 87 |
| Seychelles | - | 19 | 1:4,877 | 888 |
| Japan | - | 18 | 1:7,110,336 | 31,011 |
| Lesotho | 92% | 18 | 1:113,333 | 9,408 |
| Cyprus | 100% | 17 | 1:51,240 | 2,169 |
| Pakistan | 100% | 17 | 1:11,432,805 | 75,526 |
| Paraguay | 73% | 17 | 1:425,694 | 4,581 |
| Czechia | 100% | 16 | 1:666,010 | 2,826 |
| Madagascar | - | 16 | 1:1,476,838 | 2,504 |
| Norway | 100% | 16 | 1:320,771 | 6,812 |
| Denmark | - | 14 | 1:403,536 | 6,849 |
| Estonia | 100% | 14 | 1:93,956 | 4,008 |
| Guam | - | 14 | 1:11,475 | 1,503 |
| Iraq | 100% | 14 | 1:2,501,276 | 13,388 |
| Kazakhstan | 67% | 12 | 1:1,478,904 | 13,216 |
| Namibia | - | 12 | 1:200,348 | 5,052 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 12 | 1:595,999 | 19,549 |
| Cuba | - | 11 | 1:1,046,050 | 3,771 |
| Macau | - | 11 | 1:55,292 | 585 |
| Qatar | 100% | 10 | 1:236,960 | 22,379 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | - | 10 | 1:5,486 | 913 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 10 | 1:17,782 | 1,938 |
| Bahrain | - | 9 | 1:149,853 | 3,890 |
| Egypt | - | 9 | 1:10,211,216 | 21,716 |
| Fiji | - | 9 | 1:99,153 | 1,900 |
| Poland | 93% | 9 | 1:4,225,235 | 4,388 |
| Rwanda | - | 9 | 1:1,263,493 | 1,939 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 9 | 1:12,398 | 1,723 |
| Sierra Leone | - | 9 | 1:787,629 | 675 |
| Solomon Islands | - | 9 | 1:64,551 | 3,816 |
| Swaziland | - | 9 | 1:144,464 | 1,815 |
| British Virgin Islands | - | 8 | 1:3,906 | 755 |
| Burkina Faso | 100% | 8 | 1:2,297,434 | 45,707 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 8 | 1:443,788 | 3,677 |
| Greece | 100% | 7 | 1:1,562,078 | 10,407 |
| Bulgaria | - | 5 | 1:1,398,078 | 12,856 |
| Bangladesh | - | 4 | 1:39,865,342 | 24,379 |
| Brunei | - | 4 | 1:104,892 | 1,566 |
| French Polynesia | - | 4 | 1:69,476 | 2,352 |
| Guinea-Bissau | - | 4 | 1:432,054 | 199 |
| Iceland | - | 4 | 1:91,504 | 3,703 |
| Tunisia | - | 4 | 1:169,226 | 7,289 |
| Albania | 100% | 3 | 1:1,015,523 | 26,928 |
| Finland | 86% | 3 | 1:1,827,728 | 14,078 |
| Grenada | 100% | 3 | 1:36,042 | 2,687 |
| Luxembourg | 100% | 3 | 1:188,016 | 3,003 |
| Mauritania | 100% | 3 | 1:1,365,080 | 16,011 |
| Senegal | 100% | 3 | 1:4,860,452 | 20,187 |
| Turkey | 100% | 3 | 1:25,933,903 | 52,822 |
| Cambodia | - | 2 | 1:8,136,665 | 51,498 |
| Vietnam | - | 2 | 1:46,311,556 | 7,272 |
| Abkhazia | - | 1 | 1:243,422 | 3,525 |
| Algeria | - | 1 | 1:38,176,720 | 32,669 |
| Andorra | - | 1 | 1:82,887 | 1,356 |
| Azerbaijan | - | 1 | 1:9,642,944 | 42,290 |
| Belarus | - | 1 | 1:9,482,384 | 20,892 |
| Ethiopia | - | 1 | 1:97,560,133 | 29,608 |
| Faroe Islands | 100% | 1 | 1:49,127 | 2,467 |
| Georgia | - | 1 | 1:3,738,466 | 29,095 |
| Guernsey | - | 1 | 1:63,331 | 901 |
| Hungary | 50% | 1 | 1:9,791,771 | 6,528 |
| Jordan | 80% | 1 | 1:8,826,774 | 11,126 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 100% | 1 | 1:5,973,277 | 46,622 |
| Maldives | - | 1 | 1:433,903 | 5,827 |
| Malta | - | 1 | 1:429,360 | 3,141 |
| Marshall Islands | 100% | 1 | 1:51,230 | 5,014 |
| Mauritius | - | 1 | 1:1,297,784 | 13,721 |
| Moldova | - | 1 | 1:3,561,139 | 8,690 |
| Mongolia | - | 1 | 1:2,934,814 | 16,205 |
| Montserrat | - | 1 | 1:4,876 | 752 |
| Northern Cyprus | 100% | 1 | 1:318,133 | 3,044 |
| Oman | - | 1 | 1:4,108,667 | 12,526 |
| Palau | - | 1 | 1:21,711 | 239 |
| Romania | - | 1 | 1:20,051,976 | 55,376 |
| Saint Martin | - | 1 | 1:35,746 | 277 |
| Slovakia | - | 1 | 1:5,310,063 | 9,949 |
| Somalia | - | 1 | 1:13,525,867 | 7,760 |
| Sudan | - | 1 | 1:37,806,975 | 10,689 |
| Togo | - | 1 | 1:7,239,239 | 8,047 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | - | 1 | 1:34,707 | 1,398 |
| Ukraine | - | 1 | 1:45,499,908 | 32,056 |
| Vanuatu | - | 1 | 1:261,792 | 1,604 |
The alternate forms: Sídney (30) & Sidnêÿ (1) are calculated separately.
Sidney (6,910) may also be a surname.
Sidney Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A male name. the Sidney family was founded in England by Sir William Sidney or Sydney, the Chamberlain of Henry II, who came from Anjou. The name appears regularly in Latin as de Sancto Dionisio, &c., and there can be little doubt that it is a reduction of St Denis (cf. Semple for St Paul, Sellinger for St Leger, Simbarb for St Barbe). The use of Sidney as a christian name was no doubt partly due to the Whig idolization of the memory of Algernon Sidney (1622-83); one of the earliest recorded examples of the name is Sidney Beauclerk, 5th s. of 1st Duke of St Albans, b. 1703. Sidney Herbert, L0rd Herbert of Lea (b. 1810), was no doubt named after his ancestress Mary Sidney, sister of Sir Philip Sidney. Another early example of the name is Sydney Dobell, the poet, b. 1824. Sydney, New South Wales, was named after Thomas Townshend, 1st Viscount Sydney (1733-1800), who was Secretary of State at the time of its foundation.
A female name. this is not uncommon as a woman’s name in Ireland, and is probably a survival of Sidony (q.v.) rather than the family name. See Sidney (m.).
SYDNEY. Both m. and, though less often, f. Like Howard and Percy, it is a surname adopted for sweeter uses. Sidney probably telescopes St. Denis: cf. ‘the educated pronunciation of St. John’ as Sinjun. (Weekley, Romance of Names.)
A Teutonic name, meaning: Of St. Denys.
Sidney Forename Popularity
Sidney Demographics
Average Male Sidney Height
174.51 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Phonetically Similar Names
Sidney Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sidney in the Russian language | ||
| Сидней | sidnej | - |
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