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Name meaning & stats

Sidonie

Sidonie means “wide island”. 156 US babies since 1940, peak 2004. Notable Sidonies are 1.3× over-represented as film producers.

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What it means

“wide island”

Spelling of Sydney

Sydney around the world

  • Сидни · Russian
  • Сідні · Ukrainian
  • Σίντνεϊ · Greek
  • سيدني · Arabic
  • סידני (שם) · Hebrew
  • シドニー · Japanese
  • 悉尼 · Chinese
  • Syd

Famous Sydneys

  • Sydney Sweeney · American actress (born 1997)
  • Sydney Pollack · American film director, producer and actor (1934-2008)
  • Sydney Brenner · South African-British biologist, Nobel prize in Physiology or Medicine
  • Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone · American hurdler and sprinter (born 1999)

In US birth records

Peak year: 2004

40s50s60s70s80s90s00s10s20s

156 US babies were named Sidonie between 1940 and 2025.

Sidonie around the world

  • France: 8,990 babies since 1900, peak 1902, No. 796 in 2025
  • England & Wales: 110 babies since 1996, peak 2004

From official birth registries. Sources are listed on About the data.

Where Sidonies end up

Careervs expectedConfidence
Politician1.2×Low · 4 people
Actor0.9×Low · 2 people
Film producer1.3×Low · 2 people
Writer0.9×Low · 1 people

Among notable women who are film producers, Sidonies show up 1.3× as often as you'd expect from how common the name is.

Notable people of every nationality born 1940–2005 (Wikidata). Patterns, not destiny.

Other spellings

1 in 1290 Sydneys spell it Sidonie

Names that sound the same, grouped by Heyotag. Share of US babies since 1940.

Name twins (peaked around 2004)