Sydny
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- SID-nee
- Origin
- English
Sydny is a girls' name of English origin, meaning “wide island”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Sydny mean?
English: spelling of Sydnee, itself a spelling of Sydney, a surname from a place name
“wide island”
Sydney, Australia, was named after the British Home Secretary Lord Sydney.
Meaning borrowed from Sydnee.
Is Sydny a girl's or a boy's name?
Sydny is a girls' name.
How popular is Sydny in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2000, with 33 girls. It first appears in the records in 1987.
Half of all the girls named Sydny in the US since 1880 were born between 1995 and 2002, the years shaded on the chart below.
Sydny in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 7 | #13,145 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 6 | #15,236 |
| 2008 | 5 | #17,498 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 11 | #9,897 |
| 2005 | 9 | #10,915 |
| 2004 | 9 | #10,684 |
| 2003 | 8 | #11,319 |
| 2002 | 16 | #6,692 |
| 2001 | 18 | #6,062 |
| 2000 | 33 | #3,803 |
| 1999 | 24 | #4,571 |
| 1998 | 15 | #6,355 |
| 1997 | 19 | #5,224 |
| 1996 | 19 | #5,060 |
| 1995 | 17 | #5,434 |
| 1994 | 11 | #7,598 |
| 1993 | 13 | #6,615 |
| 1992 | 10 | #8,057 |
| 1991 | 7 | #10,263 |
| 1990 | 7 | #10,187 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 6 | #9,820 |
Nicknames for Sydny
Names like Sydny
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Daisy Cassidy Lily Bailey Riley Hailey Kennedy Ashley Heaven Ivy Serenity Destiny
Names related to Sydny
More English names
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Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Sydny: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/sydny, updated 20 October 2026.