Sydney

Spelling variation of Sidney, French

"Saint Denis"

Sydney Origin and Meaning

The name Sydney is a boy's name meaning "Saint Denis".

The Sydney spelling most popular for girls: it's in the Top 50 on the female side. Cool for a girl, still nerdy for a guy.

Sydney Rank in US Top 1000

# 988 in the US

Sydney Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

# 1046 on Nameberry

Popularity of the name Sydney

• 1046 Nameberry 2025
• 924 England 2015

20 Names Similar to Sydney

These 20 names were selected by our users that were looking for other names like Sydney.

• Vince
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• Charley
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• Kelly
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• Cam
• Randall
• Henri
• Rudie
• Kelvin
• Moore
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• Todd
• Flem
• Kavanagh
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Famous People Named Sydney

• Sydney Brenner winner of the Nobel prize in Physiology or Medicine
• Sydney Ayres (dropped his first name Daniel) American silent film actor, director and screenwriter

The name Sydney in Pop Culture

• Sydney capital city of New South Wales in Australia.
• Sydney Carton character from "A Tale of Two Cities" by Charles Dickens
• Syd March protagonist of movie "Antiviral"
• Sydney character in the TV show "The Pretender"