# Sidney

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /ˈsɪdni/ · frequency rank #11,292

## Definitions
1. An English habitational surname.
2. A male or female given name transferred from the surname.
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20. Clipping of Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge.

## Etymology
From Old English *Sīdaneġ, the name of a place in Surrey, from sīd (“wide”) + eġ (“island”).

## Easily confused with
- **sine** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sidney-vs-sine)
- **signed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sidney-vs-signed)
- **Sydney** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sidney-vs-sydney)
- **sinner** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sidney-vs-sinner)
- **stoney** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sidney-vs-stoney)
- **Spidey** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sidney-vs-spidey)
- **signer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sidney-vs-signer)
- **signet** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sidney-vs-signet)
- **side** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/side-vs-sidney)
- **sides** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sides-vs-sidney)
- **sided** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sided-vs-sidney)
- **Sibley** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sibley-vs-sidney)

## Common misspellings (9)
`isdney`, `sdiney`, `siddney`, `sideny`, `sidneyy`, `sidnney`, `sidnye`, `sindey`, `ssidney`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/sidney