SYDNEY f,m
Usage: English
Pronounced: SID-nee
Variant of SIDNEY. A city in Australia bears this name.
SIDNEY m,f
Usage: English
Pronounced: SID-nee
Either from a French place name which was a contraction of "Saint DENIS", or from an Old English surname which meant "wide island". A famous bearer of the surname was Sir Philip Sidney, an English poet and statesman of the 16th century.