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:
“Leave me, O Love, which reachest but to dust;
And thou, my mind, aspire to higher things;
Grow rich in that which never taketh rust;
Whatever fades but fading pleasure brings.”
—Sir Philip Sidney (1554–1586)