Streatham.
_Sidney as a Female Name._--In several families of our city the Christian
name of Sidney is borne by _females_, and it is derived, directly or
indirectly, from a traceable source.
The object of the present inquiry is to ascertain whether the same name,
and thus spelled, is similarly applied in any families of Great Britain? If
at all, it should be found in the north of Ireland. But your correspondent
would be pleased to learn, from any quarter, of such use of the name,
together with the tradition of the reason for its adoption.