Details for the forename Sydney

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Sydney (female)


Diminutive(s):	Syd (F)
Pet Name(s):	Sid (F)
Can be spelt:	Sidney (F)
Masculine form:	Sidney (M) Sydney (M)

Source(s):	The Oxford Names Companion, OUP
Notes:	English, from the surname, itself derived either from the placename St Denis in France and introduced into Britain by the Normans; or from a placename in Surrey, England with the Old English meaning "wide meadow". Sidney/Sydney is more frequently male than female, especially the second spelling.