English poet (1554-1586)
"Sidney wrote several sonnets that are still studied in literature classes today."
An English habitational surname, from Old English from Old English [[[æt#Old English|[æt]] þǣre] sīdan īeġe (“[at the] wide island”).
"The family name Sidney is an English habitational surname derived from Old English meaning "at the wide island.""
Sidney comes from an old place name in Surrey that meant "wide island." The word was formed by combining two Old English terms for width and land surrounded by water.