Like Sid, but not Sidney...

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Is there anything else it could be short for? We have an Alexander all ready and are really struggling to even put a boys name on the list this time

El Cid?

I think everyone will assume Sid is short for Sidney. I don't think it's short for anything else.

Darn, we better be having a girl b

Siddharth
Sidney

Sidney or Siddharth?

1. Call him Sid.

1. Name him another name you love and call him Sid. As Swistle: Baby Names (swistlebabynames.blogspot.co.uk/) says, 'Many nicknames have nothing to do with a person's actual name, connecting instead to the person's appearance, profession, talents, early childhood personality/antics, fetal shape/size, or to something no one can remember anymore.' There's no reason you can't name him anything you like and then call him Sid. For example, these are my sons Alexander and Robert/Simon/Thomas; we call them Alex and Sid.

1. Alternatively, give him the middle name Sid and then use that as his nickname. Again, from Swistle: Baby Names: 'The middle name slot is the perfect place for a name you don't want to use as an actual legal first name. And this means you can choose a name you love as the first name, instead of choosing any name that might sound like it could conceivably lead to [Sid].'

1. Name him something like Samuel Isaac David - S.I.D. - and call him Sid.

Ooh thanks you. Lots of food for thought here

Anyone care to suggest some other names that may strike a note?

Monty
Frederick - Fred/Freddie
Finbar - Finn - Finnian
Luca
James - Jamie
Ethan
Oliver - Ollie - Ollie and Alex sound nice
Arthur - Art, Artie
Damian
Nicholas - Nick
Benedict - Benjy - Beny
Alfred

Thanks. I really like Nicholas but dh not keen. Also, don't dislike Oliver

Only Sid I've ever known was a lovely Indian who's full name was Siddique ( at least that's wikki's spelling).

He was always Sid and teased something rotten because of the Call Sid British Gas Adverts of the time.

thinking of names like Sid i think of:
Bob - Robert
Stan - Stanley
Ted - Edward
and also Arthur
all of which i love for being thoroughly down to earth

I knew a Richard who has been Sid all his life

Ooh I like Stanley

Agree Stanley is lovely.

What about Seth?

Sidoni comes up on a few baby name sites....?

Sidney and Stanley are both "old man" names which have come back into fashion. Others of a similar "type"...

Edwin
Eric
Frederick
John
Wilbur
Austin
Francis
Albert
Clifford
Leonard
Ernest
Raymond
Jerome
Walter
Victor
Archibald/Archie
Maurice

Or other traditional boys names...

Samuel
William
Jonathan
Benjamin
Daniel
Clement
Lawrence
Thomas
Charles
Luke
Edward
Henry
Peter
Richard
Isaac
George

I like Seth but I'm Irish and my contingent would insist on calling the poor child 'Set'

Have a question on Raymond, it was on my list last time bit dh vetoed it because our surname starts with P and he felt Ray followed by surname sounded like 'Rape'

I think he is over thinking it, what's the verdict?

Sidell
Sideris
Sidonius
Sidwell
Syed

Oooh, I do like Sidwell.

The 'rape' issue... depends. Ray Palmer to me is fine. Ray Pellan would sound like Rape Ellen, not so good.

It would be Ray Pattman..

Rape at man. No.

Ooh yes, hadn't seen that. Thanks

I know a lovely Stanley.

He'd be Stan the Man though wouldn't he