Given name
Sydnee
“of the wide meadow”·“from the wide meadow”
Sydnee is a variant of Sydney. One English interpretation is “of the wide meadow.” Sydnee is a variant of Sidney. One English interpretation is “from the wide meadow.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Sydnee is a variant of Sydney. One English interpretation is “of the wide meadow.” Sydnee is a variant of Sidney. One English interpretation is “from the wide meadow.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Sydnee is a variant of Sidney. An origin associated with Sidney is English.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1945. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Sydnee is a variant of Sidney. The history of Sidney gives this family its wider story. The poet and soldier Philip Sidney belongs to the surname’s history. Dickens’s Sydney Carton supplies a later literary association through the variant spelling Sydney, which may have encouraged nineteenth-century given-name use.
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Sydnee through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 8,255
- 0 boys · 8,255 girls
- Most popular year
- 2003
- 506 babies
- 2025
- 14
- #7,852 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −66%
- Cooling
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 14 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 7,852 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 66.4% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 506 in 2003. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 7,449 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.
Sydnee’s family of names
Sydnee has a related form in Sydney. Sydnee has a related form in Sidney. In English usage, Sydnee has a related form in Cidny.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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