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My great grandmothers first name was Sidella and lived in the North East of England, I am Trying to trace my ancestry and it may help to know the origin of the name, thanks Mark
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You will not believe this. My daughter is going to have a baby and we were discussing names. I had a "favorite" uncle named Truman Sidell. We decided on the name Truman for a boy and, after playing with Sidell, we came up with Sidella for a girl with the nickname "Sadie." Of course, this first-time grandma hit the internet to find out if anyone else had the name. What a delight to find you!
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it almost sounds like my friend name Sedelia ~ heck sum it up as meaning beautiful
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"Sidella" appears to be a feminization of the Northern English surname "Sidell" (more commonly found in the northern counties of Lancashire and western Yorkshire).
The name comes from the Old English words "sid" (meaning "wide") and "halh" (meaning "a nook" or "recess").
As with all habitation surnames adopted for use as given names, the meaning is a description of the place from which the bearer originated, rather than a description of any physical attributes of the bearer. Which, in your great-grandmother's case, Mark, is probably a very good thing.
-- Nanaea
The name comes from the Old English words "sid" (meaning "wide") and "halh" (meaning "a nook" or "recess").
As with all habitation surnames adopted for use as given names, the meaning is a description of the place from which the bearer originated, rather than a description of any physical attributes of the bearer. Which, in your great-grandmother's case, Mark, is probably a very good thing.
-- Nanaea
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