Sydenham

English

Sydenham railway station, Belfast in 2007. There are also stations named Sydenham in London and Sydney

Etymology

From Old English sīdan, dative of sīd (“large, spacious, wide”) + hamm (“water meadow”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /sɪdənəm/

Proper noun

Sydenham (countable and uncountable, plural Sydenhams)

1. (uncountable) A placename:
   1. A suburban area of Greater London, in the borough of Lewisham, borough of Bromley and borough of Southwark.
   2. A village in South Oxfordshire district, Oxfordshire, England (OS grid ref SP7301).
   3. A suburb of Bridgwater, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST3137).
   4. A suburb of Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, England (OS grid ref SP3364).
   5. A suburb of Belfast, Northern Ireland.
   6. A suburb of Sydney, New South Wales.
   7. A suburb of Melbourne, Victoria.
   8. A community in Frontenac County, Ontario.
   9. Two rivers named Sydenham River in Ontario, one flowing into Lake Huron, the other into Lake St. Clair.
   10. A suburb of Christchurch, New Zealand.
   11. A suburb of Durban, South Africa.
   12. A suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa.
2. (countable) A habitational surname from Old English.

Derived terms

• Lower Sydenham
• Sydenham Damerel
• Sydenham Hill
• Sydenham's chorea
• Sydenham's laudanum
• Upper Sydenham

Statistics

• According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Sydenham is the 9103^rd most common surname in England, belonging to 676 individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Sydenham”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.