Cydney

A girls’ name of Old English origin, meaning wide island; a variant of Sydney.

Babies a year
39
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Cydney by the numbers

Cydney was given to 39 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 227 babies in 1998, so it is a 1990s name that has since fallen a long way.

Other names that come from Sydney

Like Cydney, each of these traces back to Sydney: a form of it, a name built from it, or a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.

  • Sydniwide meadow; an invented spelling of Sydney45 in the US (2017)
  • Sydniewide meadow; a form of Sydney5 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Sydwide meadow; a diminutive of Sydney6 in the US (2017)

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Cydney. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Cydneefrom sidneia; a form of Sydney9 in the US (2017)
  • Cidney5 in the US (2017)
  • Chaneyoak grove dweller; occupational surname22 in the US (2017)
  • Cadeybattle or warrior; variant of Cadel5 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Cydney

Names that are said the same way as Cydney, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

  • Sydneywide meadow or saint Denis2,047 in the US (2017)
  • Sidneywide meadow; from st. denys247 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Sydneewide meadow; a spelling variant of Sydney74 in the US (2017)
  • Sydneiwide meadow; invented spelling of Sydney14 in the US (2017)

Other names that mean an island

Like Cydney, each of these has an island in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.

  • Islaisland; from the river Islay1,959 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Evelynnisland; a variant spelling of Evelyn938 in the US (2017)
  • Skyesky; the Isle of Skye214 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Kelseyisland of the ship; a place name799 in the US (2017)
  • Whitneywhite island; from a place name336 in the US (2017)
  • Lindseylinden tree island; variant of Lindsey316 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Cydney

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