Given name
Sidnei
“of the wide meadow”
Sidnei is a variant of Sydney. One English interpretation is “of the wide meadow.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Sidnei is a variant of Sydney. One English interpretation is “of the wide meadow.”
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1995. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Sidnei through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 24
- 0 boys · 24 girls
- Most popular year
- 2006
- 7 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 6 in 2012. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 7 in 2006. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 181 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Sidnei’s family of names
Sidnei has a related form in Sydney. In Portuguese usage, Sidnei has a related form in Sídnei.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Sidnei
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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