Meaning of the nameSídnei
- Male
- English origin
- Síd-nei
Sídnei is a male name of English origin, an adaptation of Sidney, a surname taken from an English place whose old name means 'wide island'.
Meaning
“'wide island', from the English place name that gave the surname Sidney”
Source: Wiktionary: Sidney
- People (2022)
- 64,272
- Rank in Brazil
- #476
- Median age
- 44 years
- 2010 Census
- 85,455
- people
Sídnei in the 2022 Census
People with the first name Sídnei, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1970s (21,237 people).
933 women 63,339 men
Source: IBGE, 2022 Demographic Census, Nomes no Brasil. The census counts the first name of people alive in 2022; small counts are not published, and the first group covers everyone born before 1940. How to read these data.
Where the name Sídnei is most common
States with the highest share of people named Sídnei in the population, in the 2022 Census.
- Santa Catarina 0.083%
- Paraná 0.077%
- Rondônia 0.055%
- Rio Grande do Sul 0.053%
- Mato Grosso do Sul 0.048%
All states
| State | People | % of population |
|---|---|---|
| São Paulo | 20,455 | 0.046% |
| Paraná | 8,808 | 0.077% |
| Santa Catarina | 6,345 | 0.083% |
| Rio Grande do Sul | 5,716 | 0.053% |
| Minas Gerais | 5,137 | 0.025% |
| Rio de Janeiro | 4,635 | 0.029% |
| Bahia | 3,741 | 0.027% |
| Mato Grosso | 1,560 | 0.043% |
| Mato Grosso do Sul | 1,322 | 0.048% |
| Pará | 1,054 | 0.013% |
| Goiás | 895 | 0.013% |
| Rondônia | 868 | 0.055% |
| Espírito Santo | 814 | 0.021% |
| Amazonas | 452 | 0.012% |
| Pernambuco | 392 | 0.004% |
| Distrito Federal | 340 | 0.012% |
| Ceará | 282 | 0.003% |
| Maranhão | 247 | 0.004% |
| Piauí | 185 | 0.006% |
| Alagoas | 169 | 0.005% |
| Sergipe | 160 | 0.007% |
| Rio Grande do Norte | 159 | 0.005% |
| Paraíba | 153 | 0.004% |
| Tocantins | 111 | 0.007% |
| Acre | 101 | 0.012% |
| Amapá | 95 | 0.013% |
| Roraima | 76 | 0.012% |
States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.
About the name Sídnei
Wiktionary records Sídnei as a borrowing of the English Sydney and Sidney; in the English entry, Sidney is a surname taken from a place name, from Old English *Sīdaneġ, a place in Surrey, from sīd, 'wide', and eġ, 'island', and from there it became a given name. Behind the Name also explains Sidney as an English surname used as a given name and gives Sidnei as the Brazilian form. The Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil), citing Machado (1981), confirms the origin in the English Sidney and analyzes the name as Sid- + -nei, the same ending as Valdinei and Rodinei, which the dictionary's morpheme list records as a formative. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 64,272 people named Sídnei, with a median age of 44.
Portuguese-ized spelling, with -nei in place of the English -ney, and the most recorded in the group; proportionally, it is most common in Santa Catarina.
Other spellings of Sídnei
| Spelling | People (2022) |
|---|---|
| Sídnei | 64,272 |
| Sidney | 55,611 |
Sources
- Wiktionary: Sídnei · en.wiktionary.org · origin
- Wiktionary: Sidney · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
- Behind the Name: Sidney · behindthename.com · origin
- Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Sidnei · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin
- Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Morfemário (-nei, -ney) · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin
Questions about the name Sídnei
What does the name Sídnei mean?
Sídnei means “'wide island', from the English place name that gave the surname Sidney”, according to Wiktionary.
How many people are named Sídnei in Brazil?
IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 64,272 people with the first name Sídnei, which ranks it number 476 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1970s.
Is Sídnei a boy's or a girl's name?
Sídnei is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 933 women and 63,339 men had this name.
What is the origin of the name Sídnei?
Sídnei is a name of English origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.
In which Brazilian state is Sídnei most common?
Proportionally, in Santa Catarina: 0.083% of the state's population is named Sídnei (6,345 people), according to the 2022 Census.
What are the other spellings of Sídnei?
Sidney. IBGE counts each spelling separately.
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