English
Alternative spellings
Sydney
Etymology
A habitational surname derived from a place Saint-Denis in France ( see Dennis), and from a place in Surrey, Old English sīdan "wide" + �g "river island".
Pronunciation
sÄd'ni, /Ë�sɪdni/, /"sIdni/
Homophones
Sydney
Proper noun
Sidney (plural Sidneys)
- A surname.
- given name|male, transferred use of the surname since the eighteenth century; diminutive Sid
- given name|female, twentieth century usage, more often in the form Sydney.
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