Meaning of the nameSidney
- Male
- English origin
- Sid-ney
Sidney is a spelling of the name Sídnei, which means “'wide island', from the English place name that gave the surname Sidney”.
Meaning
“'wide island', from the English place name that gave the surname Sidney”
Meaning of the name Sídnei, of which Sidney is a spelling.
Source: Wiktionary: Sidney
- People (2022)
- 55,611
- Rank in Brazil
- #526
- Median age
- 44 years
- 2010 Census
- 45,889
- people
Sidney in the 2022 Census
People with the first name Sidney, 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 (16,392 people).
842 women 54,769 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 Sidney is most common
States with the highest share of people named Sidney in the population, in the 2022 Census.
- Amazonas 0.047%
- Rio de Janeiro 0.039%
- Mato Grosso do Sul 0.037%
- São Paulo 0.036%
- Minas Gerais 0.036%
All states
| State | People | % of population |
|---|---|---|
| São Paulo | 15,967 | 0.036% |
| Minas Gerais | 7,301 | 0.036% |
| Rio de Janeiro | 6,249 | 0.039% |
| Paraná | 3,683 | 0.032% |
| Bahia | 2,702 | 0.019% |
| Pará | 2,690 | 0.033% |
| Amazonas | 1,857 | 0.047% |
| Pernambuco | 1,483 | 0.016% |
| Goiás | 1,403 | 0.020% |
| Santa Catarina | 1,400 | 0.018% |
| Ceará | 1,139 | 0.013% |
| Mato Grosso | 1,073 | 0.029% |
| Espírito Santo | 1,062 | 0.028% |
| Mato Grosso do Sul | 1,021 | 0.037% |
| Maranhão | 992 | 0.015% |
| Distrito Federal | 726 | 0.026% |
| Rio Grande do Sul | 716 | 0.007% |
| Sergipe | 654 | 0.030% |
| Paraíba | 647 | 0.016% |
| Alagoas | 645 | 0.021% |
| Rio Grande do Norte | 623 | 0.019% |
| Rondônia | 442 | 0.028% |
| Piauí | 358 | 0.011% |
| Tocantins | 257 | 0.017% |
| Amapá | 228 | 0.031% |
| Acre | 150 | 0.018% |
| Roraima | 143 | 0.023% |
States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.
The spelling Sidney
Keeps the final -ey of the English spelling; Wiktionary records it in Portuguese as an alternative spelling of Sydney, and the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil lists it among the spelling variants of Sidnei.
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.
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 Sidney
What does the name Sidney mean?
Sidney means “'wide island', from the English place name that gave the surname Sidney”, according to Wiktionary. This is the meaning of the name Sídnei, of which Sidney is a spelling.
How many people are named Sidney in Brazil?
IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 55,611 people with the first name Sidney, which ranks it number 526 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1970s.
Is Sidney a boy's or a girl's name?
Sidney is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 842 women and 54,769 men had this name.
What is the origin of the name Sidney?
Sidney is a name of English origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.
In which Brazilian state is Sidney most common?
Proportionally, in Amazonas: 0.047% of the state's population is named Sidney (1,857 people), according to the 2022 Census.
What are the other spellings of Sidney?
Sídnei. IBGE counts each spelling separately.
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