Syd
A unisex name of Greek origin, meaning wide meadow; a diminutive of Sydney.
Babies a year
6
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list
Syd by the numbers
Syd was given to 6 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 16 babies in 1912, making it a 1910s name.
Other names that come from Sydney
Like Syd, 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.
- Sydneywide meadow or saint Denis2,047 in the US (2017)
- Sydneewide meadow; a spelling variant of Sydney74 in the US (2017)
- Sydniwide meadow; an invented spelling of Sydney45 in the US (2017)
- Cydneywide island; a variant of Sydney39 in the US (2017)
- Sydniewide meadow; a form of Sydney5 in England and Wales (2025)
- Sydneiwide meadow; invented spelling of Sydney14 in the US (2017)
- Cydneefrom sidneia; a form of Sydney9 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Syd
Names that are said the same way as Syd, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
Other names that mean a meadow or field
Like Syd, each of these has a meadow or field in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Rileyvaliant; rye clearing7,797 in the US (2017)
- Savannahgrassy plain; treeless plain5,231 in the US (2017)
- Braydenbroad valley; a modern respelling of Braden5,153 in the US (2017)
- Kinsleyfrom the king's meadow; an English place name used as given name4,048 in the US (2017)
- Bentleymeadow of bent grass3,945 in the US (2017)
- Haileyhay meadow; form of Hayley3,691 in the US (2017)