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'''Sidney''' (hypocorism '''Sid''') is an English given name. Sidney became widely used as a given name in English speaking countries during the 19th century, with much of its use in the United States after the [[American Revolution]] being due to admiration for [[Algernon Sidney]] as a martyr to royal tyranny.<ref>Karsten, Peter (1978) ''Patriot heroes in England and America: Political symbolism and changing values over three centuries'' University of Wisconsin Press, Madison {{ISBN|0-299-07500-1}}</ref> People with this given name born in the United States during the 19th century include [[Sidney Lanier]] (1842–1881) and [[Sidney Homer]] (1864–1953).
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Use as a male given name in the United States peaked in the 1910s and has declined steadily since. There has been a recent fashion since the early 1990s of giving the name ''Sidney'' to girls instead of ''Sydney'' and ''Cydney'' to them. The name
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