Sydney for a girl?

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OH is REALLY set on calling DD Sydney, I'm just not convinced. I'm really struggling to imagine myself saying it and have always seen it as a really masculine name.
It takes us ages to decide on a name we both like as there isn't much we agree on and I would normally push for something I like more BUT his reasoning on this one is he wanted to honour his grandfather (sidney) who he was really close to but we have only had girls. I completely get this as our DD1 has our mothers names as middle names and I think it's a really beautiful idea but I'm struggling to get excited about the name. How would you shorten it? I don't like the sound of Nee, Dee or Syd 😬.

Help please ladies! Help me understand it can be a pretty girls name or how I find a compromise with him.

It's ugly and sounds like you wished she was a boy.

IMVHO

How about Sidonie, an actual girls name?

Sydney is a girl's name, but I don't like it much.

I don't like it, not very nice for a girl..
How about Eden?

I know a Cydney. I really like it! Somehow don't associate it with Sydney either!

Not sure about the potential for other kids teasing etc but my DD has never commented on it

It’s horrible sorry

It is a girls name, but I agree with a pp that I don't like it much. Plus it's a placename so she'll get all the 'were you conceived there?' comments.

Sidonie might be better. Or use it as a middle name?

Maybe as a middle name...

Sydney is the main character in the Scream films

Not for me. Use as a middle name. You'll have to decide on something you both like, it won't be fair to DD if you're embarrassed to tell people her name.

Sidonie is lovely and a million times nicer.

Meant to add, and shortened to Sido, like the writer Colette. Sidonie was her name.

Makes me think of the Scream film. I actually quite like it.

I really like Sydney for a girl

Wow. You guys are brutal.

OK so thanks all for taking the time to give your honest opinions. Doesn't appear to be a very popular choice but that's OK too, there are a lot of names we don't like either. I think I probably like it more than a lot of you as it doesn't repulse me but the job of convincing me it's the 'one' hasn't been successful either 😂

Sydney IS evidently a girls name but seems to be a bit marmite, personally not keen on Sidonie but will definitely have a chat with OH about using it as a middle name if we can't agree for first name.

No, it just makes me think of Sid James.

I know a Cydney and she is beautiful and nice :-) it really suits her.

I think if I were going to choose it as a name I'd use that spelling, there was a beautiful famous vintage film star called Cydney.

Me too @Frith2013. 🤭

I know three females with that name though both are spelled Sydnee not Sydney. One is elderly, glamorous, talented and has had an exciting life the other two are little girls. I like it by association with my lovely friend. It's quite a cool name, I think.

One of my DD's friends is called Sidnie, everyone calls her Sid, she is 15, never been teased or bullied about it, I think it's a cool name.

I like it. I also think of Cyd Charisse.

On here, people prefer names like Edith, Olive and Violet

My test is: would I like to be called the name myself? I would rather face the world as a Sydney, less as an Olive (no pun intended).

Its just a matter of personal preference.

Oh I LOVE Sydney for a girl 😁

I know quite a few girl Sydney’s. I don’t know any male Sydney’s.
It’s a girls name and not my choice but then lots of names not my choice and you’d probably dislike the names I have given my children.

I would never be rude enough to tell someone I didn’t like the name choice or to gossip about it.

If it’s a name you both like go for it. She won’t be the first female with that name or the last.

For those of you thinking it's predominantly a boys name, you're wrong!

The graph below tells a very different story.

The boy’s name is predominantly Sidney, not Sydney.