# Sidonia (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/sidonia/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | “of” |
| Pronunciation | /saɪ̯ˈdoʊ̯.ni.ə/, 4 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 398 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 398 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 3, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Sidon + -ia (“of”).

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1939 | 7 | 3,737 |
| 1941 | 12 | 2,650 |
| 1943 | 10 | 3,218 |
| 1959 | 7 | 5,492 |
| 1961 | 6 | 6,465 |
| 1962 | 8 | 5,234 |
| 1971 | 6 | 8,179 |
| 1973 | 5 | 9,585 |
| 1996 | 5 | 15,542 |
| 1999 | 5 | 16,556 |
| 2000 | 8 | 11,641 |
| 2001 | 7 | 13,292 |
| 2002 | 6 | 15,141 |
| 2007 | 6 | 17,317 |
| 2014 | 5 | 18,855 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 3 | 5,876 |

## In other languages

- French: Sidonie

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.