Sidney (surname)
Sidney or Sydney is an English surname. It is probably derived from an Anglo-Saxon locational name, sīdan īege = " wide island/watermeadow (in the dative case). There is also a folk etymological derivation from the French place name Saint-Denis.
The name has also been used as a given name since the 19th century.
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Famous quotes containing the word sidney:
“Thou blind man’s mark, thou fool’s self-chosen snare,
Fond Fancy’s scum and dregs of scattered thought,
Band of all evils, cradle of causeless care,
Thou web of will whose end is never wrought;
Desire! desire, I have too dearly bought
With price of mangled mind thy worthless ware;”
—Sir Philip Sidney (1554–1586)