Sidney
Syllables: Sid·ney/ˈsɪdni/
Sidney proper noun: an English habitational surname. Also the clipping of Sidney Sussex College.
Proper noun
Sidney (countable and uncountable, plural Sidneys)
- An English habitational surname.
- A male or female given name transferred from the surname.
- A town in British Columbia; named for nearby Sidney Island, itself for Royal Navy hydrographer Frederick W. Sidney.
- A community in North Norfolk municipality, Manitoba.
- A town in Sharp County, Arkansas.
- A village in Champaign County, Illinois.
- A town in Jackson Township, Kosciusko County, Indiana.
- A city, the county seat of Fremont County, Iowa; named for Sidney, Ohio.
- An unincorporated community in Pike County, Kentucky.
- A town in Kennebec County, Maine; named for Philip Sidney.
- An unincorporated community in Putnam County, Missouri.
- A city, the county seat of Richland County, Montana; named for Sidney Walters, a 6-year-old early settler.
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- A city, the county seat of Cheyenne County, Nebraska; named for railroad executive Sidney Dillon.
- An unincorporated community in Franklin Township, Hunterdon County, New Jersey.
- A town and village therein, in Delaware County, New York; named for British naval officer Sidney Smith.
- 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”.2024 November 17, Stephen Starr, “Haitian immigrants flee Springfield, Ohio, in droves after Trump election win”, in The Guardian
- An unincorporated community in Comanche County, Texas.
- An unincorporated community in Wayne County, West Virginia.
- An unincorporated community in Pine Valley, Clark County, Wisconsin.
Also used as
Sidney is also the clipping of Sidney Sussex College.
Forms of Sidney
| plural | Sidneys |
|---|---|
| alternative form | Sydney |
| alternative form | Cydney |
| alternative form | Sydnie |
| alternative form | Sydne |
Origin of Sidney
From Old English *Sīdaneġ, the name of a place in Surrey, from sīd (“wide”) + eġ (“island”).
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Questions about Sidney
- What does Sidney mean?
- Sidney means an English habitational surname.
- What part of speech is Sidney?
- Sidney is a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce Sidney?
- Sidney is pronounced /ˈsɪdni/.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: Sidney (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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