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Sidney

  • /ˈsɪdni/

Sounds like Sydney · Rhymes with -ɪdni

Where it comes from

From Old English *Sīdaneġ, the name of a place in Surrey, from sīd (“wide”) + eġ (“island”).

proper noun Sidneys · Sydney · Cydney · Sydnie · Sydne

  1. countable, uncountable An English habitational surname.
  2. countable, uncountable A male or female given name transferred from the surname.
  3. countable, uncountable A town in British Columbia; named for nearby Sidney Island, itself for Royal Navy hydrographer Frederick W. Sidney.
  4. countable, uncountable A community in North Norfolk municipality, Manitoba.
  5. countable, uncountable A town in Sharp County, Arkansas.
  6. countable, uncountable A village in Champaign County, Illinois.
  7. countable, uncountable A town in Jackson Township, Kosciusko County, Indiana.
  8. countable, uncountable A city, the county seat of Fremont County, Iowa; named for Sidney, Ohio.
  9. countable, uncountable An unincorporated community in Pike County, Kentucky.
  10. countable, uncountable A town in Kennebec County, Maine; named for Philip Sidney.
  11. countable, uncountable An unincorporated community in Putnam County, Missouri.
  12. countable, uncountable A city, the county seat of Richland County, Montana; named for Sidney Walters, a 6-year-old early settler.
  13. countable, uncountable A city, the county seat of Cheyenne County, Nebraska; named for railroad executive Sidney Dillon.
  14. countable, uncountable An unincorporated community in Franklin Township, Hunterdon County, New Jersey.
  15. countable, uncountable A town and village therein, in Delaware County, New York; named for British naval officer Sidney Smith.
  16. countable, uncountable A city, the county seat of Shelby County, Ohio; named for English poet Philip Sidney. A sheriff in Sidney, a town 40 miles (64km) north-west of Springfield that is home to several dozen Haitian immigrants, allegedly told local police in September to “get a hold of these people and arrest them”.
  17. countable, uncountable An unincorporated community in Comanche County, Texas.
  18. countable, uncountable An unincorporated community in Wayne County, West Virginia.
  19. countable, uncountable An unincorporated community in Pine Valley, Clark County, Wisconsin.
  20. abbreviation, clipping, countable, uncountable Clipping of Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: arthur, robert, sid, hampden, languet, sydney, sussex, pembroke, sydnee, syd, sydni, sidonie, sidonius, cydnee, cydney, sidonia

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MLA

"Sidney." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/sidney. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

Sidney. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/sidney

Chicago

"Sidney." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/sidney.

BibTeX
@misc{sidney_2026,
  title = {Sidney},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/sidney},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}