Comments for the name Sidney

Comments for SIDNEY:

Famous bearer is actress Sidney Greenbush (born Sidney Robin Danae, called Robin in real life, later changed to Robyn).

-- Destry  4/14/2005

Famous bearers include:
Sidney Potier, actor
Sid Vicious, of the Sex Pistols
Sid from Toy Story the psycho kid who blew up toys and reconstructed their parts.
Also, spelled Sydney:
Sydney, Australia
and Sydney, the heroine in the "Scream" trilogy.

-- Emma2323  12/13/2005

Sidney Bristow is the heroine of the T.V. show "Alias."

-- breakofday  12/16/2005

Sidney Lanier (February 3, 1842 – September 7, 1881) was an American musician and poet.

-- Anonymous User  12/20/2005

Famous bearer is Sidney Sheldon, an American novelist.

-- Anonymous User  3/25/2006

This name seems very masculine. I also know someone who named their dog Sidney.

-- Anonymous User  4/25/2006

Baron Giorgio Sidney Sonnino (March 11, 1847 – November 24, 1922) was an Italian politician.

Sonnino was born in Pisa to an Italian father of Jewish heritage and a Welsh mother. He was raised as a Protestant. In 1878, he started a newspaper (La Rassegna Settimanale), which changed from weekly economical reviews to daily political issues. In 1893, after working in several governmental positions, he became finance minister of Italy. He worked in the opposition after the fall of his party from power as a result of the lost Battle of Adwa. He served several times briefly as Prime Minister, in 1906 and again from 1909 to 1910.

After the events in 1914, Sonnino was initially supportive to the side of Germany and Austria-Hungary, but after becoming foreign minister in November 1914, he sided with the Allied forces, and signed the Treaty of London in 1915. Italy consequently declared war on Austria-Hungary on May 23, 1915.

When his territorial ambitions towards Austria-Hungary were shattered during the Paris Peace Conference, his party lost power again, and Sonnino retired from politics.

-- sweetbabe  12/17/2006

Sir Sidney Poitier KBE, (IPA pronunciation: ['pwɑtiˌeɪ]) (born February 20, 1927), is a Bahamian American Academy Award-winning actor (film and stage), film director, and activist. He has been hailed as a breakthrough star thanks to acclaimed performances, which, by consciously defying racial stereotyping, gave a new dramatic credibility for black actors to mainstream film audiences in the Western world.

-- sweetbabe  12/17/2006

I love Sidney! The name is completely masculine for me. =)

-- Wordsmith  12/22/2006

A famous bearer of this name is the Pittsburgh Penguins center, #87, Sidney Crosby.

-- Radoslava_F  2/1/2007

Sidney´s pet forms are Sid, Siddy, Sida, Sido.

-- Karcoolka  3/19/2007

Sidney, spelt with the i, was the character in the famous Scream trilogy, portrayed by Neve Campbell.

-- nothingshortoftragic  8/16/2007

To me, Sidney is male, Sydney is female.

-- CharlieRob  10/7/2007

I go to school with a boy named Sidney. He goes by Sid and hates his full name because the name is more often being used on girls. He is also made fun of mercilessly when teachers call out his name for attendance and say 'Sidney' instead of 'Sid.' To me, the name Sidney looks and sounds masculine, not feminine at all. The name Sydney looks more feminine, but still has a very masculine sound, and is becoming popular. If parents are considering naming their boy Sidney, be prepared for him to complain about having girls named Sydney in his class and being mistaken for a girl when his name is called.

-- GuessWho  2/23/2008

This always seemed like a girl name to me until Sidney Crosby came along. And he's just so athletic (and handsome) that I'm actually starting to like it more as a boy name. Go figure.

-- meggsxx3  5/5/2009

For girls, this name is so bland and ceases to look "cool" and "edgy" after the age of 19. I really don't like it. Can't say I like it for a guy either, but it's my dad's middle name so I respect it.

-- Chrila96  11/13/2010

I CANNOT see this as a girl's name. It was the name of my grandpa and he was very trustworthy, kind, and heroic. However, I can sort of see Sydney as a girl's name with that spelling.

-- Christina Rose  4/16/2011

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