Syd (name)

Syd is a diminutive form (and hypocorism) of Sydney.

Notable people with the name include:

• Syd Barrett, the late British singer and musician, formerly of Pink Floyd
• Syd Eru, New Zealand rugby league footballer of the 1990s
• Syd Lawrence, the founder and leader of the Syd Lawrence Orchestra big band
• Sydney Loren Bennett, an American singer-songwriter, known professionally as "Syd"
• David "Syd" Lawrence, a former English cricketer
• Syd Little, an English comedian and straight man to Eddie Large in the double act Little and Large
• Syd Straw, an American folk singer
• Syd'quan Thompson, an American football cornerback