Sidney (surname)

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:

    The wand is will; thou, fancy, saddle art,
    Girt fast by memory; and while I spur
    My horse, he spurs with sharp desire my heart;
    —Sir Philip Sidney (1554–1586)