_Sidney as a Christian Name_ (Vol. vii., p. 39.).--Your correspondent R. D.
B., of Baltimore, is informed that the name of Sidney is extremely common
in North Wales as a Christian name of either sex, but more particularly of
the female.
There seems to be no tradition connected with its use. In this part of the
principality, the name {319} has generally been assumed more from its
euphonistic character than from any family connexion.