Sydney
SID-nee
Average rank #389 across 6 of 7 countries
Etymology
Meaning & origin
English
From a surname which was a variant of the surname Sidney. This is the name of the largest city in Australia, which was named for Thomas Townshend, 1st Viscount Sydney in 1788. Since the 1990s this name has been mainly feminine.
Germanic
Of St. Denys.
Popularity
How popular is Sydney?
๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ England & Wales
#355
in 2024
#924
in 2024
๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ Scotland
#284
in 2025
๐ฎ๐ช Ireland
#718
in 2025
๐บ๐ธ USA
#348
in 2025
#5,021
in 2025
๐จ๐ฆ Canada
#238
in 2024
#1,817
in 2024
๐ณ๐ฟ New Zealand
#390
in 2025
Not in top rankings for: ๐ฆ๐บ Australia
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