Given name & surname
Sidon
“fishery”·“hunting place”
Sidon is used as a given name and a surname.
Original Hebrewצידן
Meaning & origin
What it means
As a biblical name, Sidon means “fishery” or “hunting place.”
From biblical name research
Where it comes from
Sidon is a biblical name from Hebrew.
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How it developed
From the Hebrew verb sud (צוד), “to hunt or fish.”
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The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2015. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
In the Bible
In the Bible, the name Sidon appears in Genesis 10:15, 1 Kings 11:5, Matthew 15:21 and 2 other passages.
- Genesis 10:15
- 1 Kings 11:5
- Matthew 15:21
- Acts 27:3
- Acts 12:20
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Sidon through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 21
- 21 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2021
- 6 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 boys is 5 in 2022. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 249 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Sidon’s family of names
See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
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