Sidi

loc · Latin script

Meaning: abbr. of Sayyid; Mr. or descendant of the Prophet Muhammad

Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

Sidi is a name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Algeria than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • MAMorocco≈1 in 5.8K(inferred from the name graph)
  • DZAlgeria≈1 in 6.6K
  • FRFrance≈1 in 21K

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)

≈6,500 people, est.

Sources
214 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 5.8K (inferred from the name graph)

Morocco, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Meaning & origin(measured from records)

abbr. of Sayyid; Mr. or descendant of the Prophet Muhammad

Sources 1

  • African Muslim Names

Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Sidi 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.

Where Sidi is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
DZ Algeria≈6,500 est.≈1 in 6.6K—Sidi43
MA Morocco≈6,100 est.≈1 in 5.8K—Sidi69
FR France≈3,200 est.≈1 in 21K1.4KSidi214
ID Indonesia≈1,600 est.≈1 in 169K—Sidi80
ES Spain5621 in 89K562—28
BE Belgium≈410 est.≈1 in 28K7—21
LY Libya≈330 est.≈1 in 21K—Sidi9

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: INSEE — Fichier des prénoms (1900–2024); INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos); Familienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population register). 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 names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Sidi is also recorded as 5 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • English name10 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Canada, Belgium

    Languages: English, Dutch

    Also written Sìdì, Sīdī, Sïdī, Sïdí

  • Spanish name9 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Mexico, Spain

    Also written Sídì, Şidi, Sĩḓî, Sïdí, Sidí

  • Hindi name3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in India

    Also written Sïdï

  • a separate name5 spellings in the group

    Also written Sidī, Si-Di, Sīdī, Sîdi

  • Chinese given name2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Taiwan, China

    Also written Si-Di

60 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Sidi is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • chefe, senhor; chief, master

    as a nameDicionario Sefaradi De SobrenomesDictionary Of Sephardic Surnames Inclusive Cristaos-Novos, Conversos, Marranos, Italianos,…

  • In Arabic, master; lord.

    as a nameAfrican Muslim Names

  • In Arabic, my lord; title/name form

    as a nameAfrican Muslim Names

  • master

    as a nameAfrican Muslim Names

  • In tft, alternative form of side (“a sail”)

    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)

1850190019502000Sidi Fredj Halimi, b. 1876Sidi Tal, b. 1912Irán Eory, b. 1939Moshe Sidi, b. 1953Ela Sidi, b. 1965Mohamed Sidi, b. 1968Moussa Dembélé, b. 1987Sidi Fofana, b. 1992Tesh Sidi, b. 1994Sidi Bouna Amar, b. 1998
  • Sidi Fredj Halimib. 1876FRAlgerian rabbi (1876–1957)
  • Sidi Talb. 1912UASoviet singer (1912-1983)
  • Irán Eoryb. 1939ATnot in their usual nameIranian actress (1939–2002)
  • Moshe Sidib. 1953ILD. Sc. Technion-Israel Institute of Technology 1982
  • Ela Sidib. 1965PLIsraeli writer
  • Mohamed Sidib. 1968FRFrench politician (Mayotte)
  • Moussa Dembéléb. 1987BEnot in their usual nameBelgian association football player (born 1987)
  • Sidi Fofanab. 1992FRFrench association football player
  • Tesh Sidib. 1994ESSahrawi-Spanish computer scientist and politician
  • Sidi Bouna Amarb. 1998MRMauritanian footballer (born 1998)

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).

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 63 sources across 38 countries.

Official registers attesting Sidi
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
ES SpainINE — Apellidos más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal)—401#9,518
ES SpainINE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos)—401#9,496
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)199132—
BE BelgiumFamilienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population register)20087#84,071

Reference works 4

  • Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
  • Nişanyan Adlar (Turkish given-name national-registry frequency)
  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
  • Ethiopian name tokens (GitHub lehagere/ethiopian-names, 40/60 condominium list)

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

What does the name Sidi mean, and where does it come from?
abbr. of Sayyid; Mr. or descendant of the Prophet Muhammad Recorded by African Muslim Names.
In which country does Sidi have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 6.5 thousand people named Sidi in Algeria, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled sidi.
How common is the name Sidi?
In Spain, the national register counted 562 people named Sidi, about 1 in 89 thousand residents.

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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, “Sidi”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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