Given name
Sidonia
“man from Sidon”·“woman of Sidon”
In Italian use, Sidonia is a feminine form of Sidonio. One Latin interpretation is “man from Sidon.” Sidonia is a variant of Sidonie. In French use, Sidonie carries the interpretation “woman of Sidon.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
In Italian use, Sidonia is a feminine form of Sidonio. One Latin interpretation is “man from Sidon.” Sidonia is a variant of Sidonie. In French use, Sidonie carries the interpretation “woman of Sidon.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
In Italian use, Sidonia is a feminine form of Sidonio. An origin associated with Sidonio is Latin.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In Italian usage, Sidonia is a feminine form of Sidonio. In Latin usage, Sidonia is a feminine form of Sidonius.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1887. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Sidonia through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 398
- 0 boys · 398 girls
- Most popular year
- 1918
- 13 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 5 in 2014. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 360 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.
Sidonia’s family of names
In Lithuanian usage, Sidonia has a diminutive in Zita. In Italian usage, Sidonia is a feminine form of Sidonio. Sidonia has a related form in Sidonie.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Sidonia has relatives in 5 languages.
5 related names in 5 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 10
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Sidonaequivalent
- Zdenkaequivalent
- SydoniaPolish
- Szidóniaequivalent
- Sidonijaequivalent
- Sidoneequivalent
- Zdenaequivalent
- Zdeňkaequivalent
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People named Sidonia
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