# Sidney (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/sidney/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

An English habitational surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | English |
| Type | place, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 2,233 |
| US rank (2010) | 13,578 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 138,265 people |
| Change since 2000 | +9.8% (2,033 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /ˈsɪdni/, 2 syllables |
| Variant spellings | Sydney, Cydney, Sydnie, Sydne |

## Etymology

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

## Who carries it

Share of people named Sidney in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 32% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 60% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.7% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 1.1% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 1.3% |
| Two or more races | 2.4% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Sidney in the United States, the United Kingdom and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.

## People named Sidney

- Sylvia Sidney, American actress (1910–1999)
- George Sidney, American film director and producer (1916-2002)
- Ann Sidney, British actress, TV Host and beauty queen, Miss World 1964
- Scott Sidney, American film director
- Sophia Sidney, Baroness De L'Isle and Dudley, British baroness; third child and eldest illegitimate daughter of William IV and Dorothea 
- Saniyya Sidney, American actress

## Similar surnames

Stine, Seiden, Sydney, Stone, Sutton, Stein, Steen, Seaton, Stamm, Stamey, Sitton, Sedano.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.