Sidley Family History
Sidley Name Meaning
English:: habitational name from Sidley Green in Bexhill (Sussex) from Old English sīd ‘large spacious long’ + lēah ‘woodland clearing’. possibly a variant of the Lancashire name Sidlow itself perhaps from the unrecorded Middle English descendant of an Old English female personal name Sidulufu (formed in a regular way from sidu ‘custom modesty’ + lufu ‘love’) believed to be be present in the placename Sidlow Bridge in Horley (Surrey).
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022