Sid
given name · Latin script
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/sɪd/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Sid is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Algeria than in any other country, where it is the 71st most common given name. Recorded meaning: Shortened from sidiki or sidiqi.
- DZAlgeria≈1 in 1.2K(inferred from the name graph)
- CACanada≈1 in 22K
- USUnited States1 in 97K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Algeria (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 413 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 1.2K (inferred from the name graph)
≈35,000 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Algeria, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
Shortened from sidiki or sidiqi.
Attested across 7 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Sid counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DZ Algeria | #71 | ≈35,000 est. | ≈1 in 1.2K | — | Sid | 64 |
| CN China | — | ≈21,000 est. | ≈1 in 67K | — | Sid | 13 |
| US United States | — | 3,432 | 1 in 97K | 3.3K | Sid | 413 |
| FR France | — | ≈2,700 est. | ≈1 in 25K | 345 | — | 5 |
| CA Canada | — | ≈1,700 est. | ≈1 in 22K | 8 | Sid | 150 |
| MR Mauritania | #24 | ≈480 est. | ≈1 in 8.4K | — | Sid | 22 |
| SE Sweden | — | 440 | 1 in 23K | 440 | — | 21 |
| AE United Arab Emirates | — | ≈400 est. | ≈1 in 25K | — | Sid | 35 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; the ca-statcan-baby-names register; Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population); INSEE — Fichier des prénoms (1900–2024). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Sid is also recorded in 6 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In Norwegian Nynorsk, long, hanging a long way down (as of a dress or a skirt that reaches the ankles)
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Swedish, p, pg, pp (page, pages), abbreviation of sida, sidor
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Sidamo.
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Haitian Creole, Sud (a department of Haiti; capital: Les Cayes)
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In ang, wide, spacious, vast, great, large, broad
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In enm, alternative form of schyd
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Sidney Hickoxb. 1895USnot in their usual nameAmerican cinematographer (1895–1982)
- Sid Silversb. 1901USAmerican comedian (1901-1976)
- Sid Fleischmanb. 1920USAmerican (1920–2010)
- Sid Caesarb. 1922USAmerican comic actor and writer (1922–2014)
- Sid Sheinbergb. 1935USAmerican lawyer and entertainment executive (1935-2019)
- Sid Ahmed Ghozalib. 1937DZAlgerian politician
- Sid Haigb. 1939USAmerican actor (1939–2019)
- Sid Ganisb. 1940USAmerican film producer (born 1940)
- Sid Meierb. 1954CACanadian-American game programmer and designer
- Sid Millerb. 1955USTexas lobbyist, educator, businessman, rodeo performer, and politician
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 66 sources across 33 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 3.3K | #5,109 |
| SE Sweden | Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population) | — | 440 | #3,034 |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des prénoms (1900–2024) | 2019 | 345 | #3,050 |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2020 | 248 | — |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 148 | #5,109 |
| CA Canada | Statistics Canada — First names at birth by sex at birth (Table 17-10-0147-01) | 2023 | 8 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2025 | 7 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1921 | 5 | — |
Reference works 3
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- Rymut, Słownik nazwisk współcześnie w Polsce używanych (10 vols, IJP PAN, Kraków 1992–1994) — every Polish surname in the PESEL register at the end of 1990, with bearer counts nationally and per voivodeship1990
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- Is Sid a male or female name?
- Sid is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- What are other forms of the name Sid?
- In the etymology graph, it is recorded as a short form of Sidney.
- In which country does Sid have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 35 thousand people named Sid in Algeria, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled sid.
- What does the name Sid mean, and where does it come from?
- Shortened from sidiki or sidiqi. Recorded by Digital Pāḷi Dictionary and Wiktionary and 1 other source.
- How common is the name Sid?
- In the United States, the national register counted 3,432 people named Sid in 2020, about 1 in 97 thousand residents.
- How common is Sid compared with other names?
- In Algeria, Sid is the 71st most common given name of 27,215 given names recorded there.
- How do you pronounce Sid?
- A machine transcription gives /sɪd/ (IPA) for English.
What do you want to know about Sid?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/sidThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Sid” — the 71st most common given name in Algeria. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.