Sydney Forename
6,712th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 156,475 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Jamaica
Sydney Forename Definition:
A name corrupted from St. Denis, pronounced in French St. Nie. It is a favourite name with Israelites, some of whom trace it to the Scripture Sidon.
Sydney Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 87% | 32,215 | 1:11,254 | 1,164 |
| Zambia | - | 29,202 | 1:543 | 115 |
| South Africa | 100% | 25,302 | 1:2,155 | 366 |
| England | 99% | 10,809 | 1:5,144 | 549 |
| Malawi | 99% | 8,863 | 1:1,931 | 372 |
| Zimbabwe | 99% | 8,855 | 1:1,742 | 315 |
| Jamaica | - | 7,108 | 1:406 | 69 |
| Kenya | 81% | 5,622 | 1:8,237 | 1,117 |
| Canada | 95% | 3,819 | 1:8,676 | 1,072 |
| Ghana | 100% | 3,596 | 1:7,505 | 797 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 2,003 | 1:10,384 | 1,539 |
| Philippines | 66% | 1,753 | 1:60,473 | 4,104 |
| Brazil | 100% | 1,750 | 1:122,421 | 6,376 |
| Nigeria | 97% | 1,519 | 1:116,896 | 6,225 |
| Namibia | - | 1,321 | 1:1,820 | 362 |
| Swaziland | - | 820 | 1:1,586 | 372 |
| Australia | - | 798 | 1:17,115 | 1,291 |
| Tanzania | 97% | 765 | 1:69,004 | 4,496 |
| Scotland | 100% | 729 | 1:7,339 | 595 |
| Congo | 100% | 653 | 1:7,671 | 1,044 |
| India | 100% | 609 | 1:1,994,874 | 104,134 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 583 | 1:52,852 | 6,182 |
| Wales | 96% | 514 | 1:6,020 | 642 |
| Thailand | 87% | 487 | 1:143,872 | 10,671 |
| Mauritius | - | 428 | 1:3,032 | 536 |
| Guyana | 100% | 419 | 1:1,822 | 345 |
| France | 61% | 415 | 1:160,169 | 2,887 |
| New Zealand | - | 401 | 1:11,312 | 1,142 |
| Botswana | 100% | 385 | 1:5,674 | 928 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 350 | 1:3,890 | 723 |
| Gabon | 100% | 321 | 1:5,867 | 1,120 |
| Uganda | 95% | 316 | 1:129,611 | 5,324 |
| Papua New Guinea | 97% | 257 | 1:31,721 | 3,161 |
| Northern Ireland | 100% | 250 | 1:7,373 | 679 |
| Poland | - | 236 | 1:161,132 | 3,078 |
| Ireland | 72% | 209 | 1:22,218 | 1,042 |
| Netherlands | 94% | 198 | 1:85,364 | 4,701 |
| Barbados | - | 169 | 1:1,715 | 390 |
| Belize | 100% | 123 | 1:2,881 | 660 |
| Germany | 52% | 117 | 1:826,307 | 7,046 |
| Kuwait | - | 114 | 1:33,204 | 3,097 |
| China | - | 104 | 1:13,135,152 | 59,885 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 97% | 104 | 1:1,073 | 167 |
| Bahamas | - | 82 | 1:4,870 | 778 |
| Malaysia | 61% | 82 | 1:371,341 | 17,758 |
| Mexico | 63% | 80 | 1:1,551,805 | 10,326 |
| Guatemala | 100% | 79 | 1:203,904 | 3,072 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 75 | 1:95,360 | 7,772 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 64 | 1:1,553 | 329 |
| Grenada | 100% | 50 | 1:2,162 | 455 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 100% | 49 | 1:1,120 | 254 |
| Sierra Leone | - | 49 | 1:144,667 | 358 |
| DR Congo | 71% | 48 | 1:1,538,075 | 40,404 |
| Haiti | - | 44 | 1:243,794 | 10,351 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 43 | 1:242,588 | 9,234 |
| Switzerland | 53% | 43 | 1:191,012 | 4,536 |
| Hong Kong | - | 41 | 1:189,091 | 3,221 |
| Belgium | 97% | 40 | 1:287,251 | 5,932 |
| Peru | 50% | 38 | 1:836,617 | 12,088 |
| Venezuela | 97% | 37 | 1:816,267 | 18,733 |
| Cayman Islands | 100% | 36 | 1:1,703 | 393 |
| Jersey | - | 36 | 1:2,777 | 432 |
| Qatar | 100% | 36 | 1:65,822 | 8,074 |
| Chile | 55% | 35 | 1:503,063 | 6,098 |
| Indonesia | - | 34 | 1:7,587,167 | 264,349 |
| Singapore | 100% | 32 | 1:196,470 | 8,457 |
| Saint Lucia | 93% | 30 | 1:5,927 | 952 |
| Israel | 95% | 28 | 1:300,104 | 7,626 |
| Portugal | - | 28 | 1:371,817 | 6,212 |
| Mozambique | - | 25 | 1:1,089,734 | 1,713 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 25 | 1:4,390 | 749 |
| Liberia | 78% | 24 | 1:183,836 | 6,655 |
| Panama | 100% | 24 | 1:162,773 | 6,758 |
| Solomon Islands | 100% | 24 | 1:24,207 | 1,862 |
| Sweden | 67% | 23 | 1:428,605 | 11,536 |
| Spain | 100% | 22 | 1:2,114,998 | 11,922 |
| Benin | 100% | 21 | 1:503,612 | 16,626 |
| Italy | 75% | 20 | 1:3,053,104 | 18,341 |
| Ivory Coast | 89% | 18 | 1:1,281,996 | 34,985 |
| Argentina | 100% | 17 | 1:2,516,073 | 8,541 |
| South Korea | 67% | 16 | 1:346,526 | 10,365 |
| Ecuador | - | 14 | 1:1,266,208 | 8,855 |
| Oman | - | 14 | 1:293,476 | 3,954 |
| Pakistan | 100% | 14 | 1:13,882,691 | 83,133 |
| Costa Rica | 83% | 13 | 1:366,765 | 6,353 |
| Czechia | 82% | 13 | 1:819,705 | 3,136 |
| Lesotho | 100% | 13 | 1:156,923 | 11,892 |
| British Virgin Islands | - | 12 | 1:2,604 | 555 |
| Iceland | - | 12 | 1:30,501 | 1,954 |
| Uruguay | 100% | 12 | 1:285,636 | 4,451 |
| Bermuda | - | 11 | 1:5,893 | 898 |
| Greece | 100% | 11 | 1:994,050 | 9,495 |
| Russia | 80% | 11 | 1:13,112,155 | 45,377 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 100% | 11 | 1:17,454 | 1,614 |
| Anguilla | 100% | 10 | 1:1,326 | 247 |
| El Salvador | - | 10 | 1:634,179 | 5,114 |
| Nicaragua | 60% | 10 | 1:601,834 | 9,645 |
| Angola | 100% | 9 | 1:2,996,290 | 3,522 |
| Japan | - | 9 | 1:14,220,673 | 39,809 |
| Rwanda | - | 9 | 1:1,263,493 | 1,939 |
| Denmark | - | 8 | 1:706,187 | 9,598 |
| Paraguay | 100% | 8 | 1:904,601 | 6,499 |
| Burkina Faso | 100% | 7 | 1:2,625,638 | 48,146 |
| Vietnam | - | 7 | 1:13,231,873 | 4,411 |
| Afghanistan | 100% | 5 | 1:6,524,703 | 31,933 |
| Colombia | - | 5 | 1:9,555,785 | 40,229 |
| Croatia | 100% | 5 | 1:843,415 | 7,845 |
| Norway | 100% | 5 | 1:1,026,466 | 14,100 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 5 | 1:710,060 | 4,535 |
| Austria | 100% | 4 | 1:2,128,550 | 10,134 |
| Bahrain | - | 4 | 1:337,168 | 4,986 |
| Egypt | 100% | 4 | 1:22,975,236 | 27,891 |
| Honduras | - | 4 | 1:2,204,367 | 17,261 |
| Morocco | - | 4 | 1:8,587,159 | 11,086 |
| Myanmar | - | 4 | 1:12,987,068 | 1,965 |
| New Caledonia | - | 4 | 1:67,541 | 2,087 |
| Seychelles | 100% | 4 | 1:23,168 | 1,192 |
| Sudan | - | 4 | 1:9,451,744 | 6,661 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 4 | 1:5,942,420 | 87,370 |
| Bolivia | - | 3 | 1:3,533,801 | 5,917 |
| Cyprus | 100% | 3 | 1:290,359 | 3,456 |
| Monaco | - | 3 | 1:12,822 | 1,634 |
| Turkey | - | 3 | 1:25,933,903 | 52,822 |
| Albania | 100% | 2 | 1:1,523,285 | 33,816 |
| Dominica | - | 2 | 1:37,736 | 863 |
| Georgia | - | 2 | 1:1,869,233 | 20,119 |
| Macau | - | 2 | 1:304,104 | 1,640 |
| Maldives | - | 2 | 1:216,952 | 3,781 |
| Montserrat | - | 2 | 1:2,438 | 412 |
| Ukraine | - | 2 | 1:22,749,954 | 22,291 |
| American Samoa | - | 1 | 1:55,845 | 3,376 |
| Azerbaijan | - | 1 | 1:9,642,944 | 42,290 |
| Bangladesh | - | 1 | 1:159,461,366 | 36,167 |
| Belarus | 100% | 1 | 1:9,482,384 | 20,892 |
| Cape Verde | 100% | 1 | 1:529,151 | 6,361 |
| Central African Republic | - | 1 | 1:4,515,390 | 1,073 |
| Cook Islands | - | 1 | 1:18,153 | 1,349 |
| Cuba | - | 1 | 1:11,506,552 | 13,531 |
| Curaçao | - | 1 | 1:155,803 | 1,239 |
| Ethiopia | - | 1 | 1:97,560,133 | 29,608 |
| Faroe Islands | - | 1 | 1:49,127 | 2,467 |
| Finland | - | 1 | 1:5,483,183 | 25,487 |
| Guam | - | 1 | 1:160,646 | 3,210 |
| Kyrgyzstan | - | 1 | 1:5,973,277 | 46,622 |
| Lithuania | - | 1 | 1:2,951,882 | 5,377 |
| Madagascar | - | 1 | 1:23,629,408 | 6,628 |
| Marshall Islands | 100% | 1 | 1:51,230 | 5,014 |
| Moldova | - | 1 | 1:3,561,139 | 8,690 |
| Mongolia | - | 1 | 1:2,934,814 | 16,205 |
| Nauru | 100% | 1 | 1:11,927 | 903 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | - | 1 | 1:54,668 | 1,803 |
| Samoa | - | 1 | 1:195,190 | 1,348 |
| Senegal | 100% | 1 | 1:14,581,356 | 34,505 |
| Serbia | - | 1 | 1:7,145,721 | 10,629 |
| Slovenia | - | 1 | 1:2,458,758 | 6,723 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | - | 1 | 1:34,707 | 1,398 |
| Vanuatu | - | 1 | 1:261,792 | 1,604 |
Sydney (3,845) may also be a surname.
Sydney Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A name corrupted from St. Denis, pronounced in French St. Nie. It is a favourite name with Israelites, some of whom trace it to the Scripture Sidon.
— Prænomina (1882) by Richard Stephen Charnock
A Teutonic name, meaning: Of St. Denys.
— Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead
Sydney Forename Popularity
Sydney Demographics
Average Male Sydney Height
175.65 cm
Average male height (US):
175.3 cm
Sample size: 409 (2014)
Average Female Sydney Height
162.64 cm
Average female height (US):
161.5 cm
Sample size: 278 (2014)
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
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