The Sides surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 8,194 people carried this name — #4,334 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 36,000 people counted. That is up 2% from 8,058 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Sides surname

As a surname in the United Kingdom

Harrison explains it as ‘Side's Son’.

From Henry Harrison, Surnames of the United Kingdom: A Concise Etymological Dictionary, vol. II (London: The Morland Press, 1918), p. 160 · public domain.

In Argentina’s national register

At least 219 people named Sides live in Argentina.

RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Neuquén.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Neuquén 82
Chubut 72
Río Negro 50
Buenos Aires Province 15

RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.

In print

Sides in American newspapers,
1906–1919.

Newspaper page from The Washington Herald carrying the name Sides
The Washington Herald 1906-12-02
Newspaper page from Daily Kennebec Journal carrying the name Sides
Daily Kennebec Journal 1907-01-31
Newspaper page from The Vidette carrying the name Sides
The Vidette 1919-09-25

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 1,671 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Sides in Australian newspapers,
1840s–1990s.

5,579 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Sides. The most, 991, date from the 1910s. New South Wales has the most articles, but weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, the name stands out most in the Australian Capital Territory, at 1.7 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 2,725
Victoria 1,628
Queensland 641
Western Australia 191
Tasmania 175
South Australia 152
ACT (Canberra) 60
Northern Territory 1

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Sides.

Who carried it

People named Sides,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Francis Sides 1913–1943 · cricketer
  • Frederick Herbert Sides 1915–2002
  • Louise Bruen Whitehouse 1916–2006
  • Doug Sides 1942–2024 · musician

Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Sides,
in the records of 5 countries.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States421 records

421 records of the Sides name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 265
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 89
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 20
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 18
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 13
  • Irish Famine arrivals at New York, 1846–1851 10
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 2
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 2
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 2
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Leon S. Sides

    Born 1924 in Alabama. Enlisted 1943 at Fort McClellan; apprentice machinist from Walker County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1997, buried at Pleasant Field Cemetery, Parrish, Alabama.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Harold Erwin Sides

    Born 1950; from Dallas, Texas. U.S. Army, infantryman; killed in action 1970 in Quang Tri, South Vietnam.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Hannah Sides

    Arrived at New York in 1856 aboard the Ellen Austin from Liverpool, aged 19; servant. From Ireland.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)

Showing 3 of 421 records for Sides in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Famine Irish Passenger Records (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

Australia53 records

53 records of the Sides name in Australia
  • Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001 17
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 14
  • Queensland State Archives indexes 10
  • Tasmanian Names Index 8
  • NSW convict, estate and railway indexes 2
  • Ballarat Avenue of Honour, First World War 1
  • State Library of Western Australia indexes 1
  1. An 1829 etching of convicts being rowed out to the prison ship York in Portsmouth Harbour
    Pictured: convicts going on board a prison ship, 1829
    Transportation record Matthew Sides

    Transported to New South Wales aboard the Lady Nugent, arriving 1835; ticket of leave 1842.

    Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Jane Sides

    Arrived in Victoria in 1852 aboard the John Bunyan, aged 23; English.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A page of the Livre d’or of the French war dead, Paris
    Example: roll of the war dead
    War record W. Gordon Sides

    Enlisted in 1915 with the 4th Pions. Honoured on the Ballarat Avenue of Honour.

    City of Ballarat, Avenue of Honour Plaques (CC BY 3.0 AU)

Showing 3 of 53 records for Sides in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0) · Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0) · Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY) · City of Ballarat, Avenue of Honour Plaques (CC BY 3.0 AU) · State Library of Western Australia (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Prison-ship in Portsmouth Harbour, with the convicts going on board, etching by Edward William Cooke, 1829, Royal Museums Greenwich (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Livre d’or of the war dead, Paris, Ministère des pensions, Archives nationales (CC0).

United Kingdom3 records

3 records of the Sides name in the United Kingdom War Office casualty lists, 1917–1919, among the dead
  1. A First World War roll of honour of the staff of C. & E. Morton Ltd
    Example: roll of honour, 1914–1919
    War record W. H. Sides

    Duke of Wellington's Regiment. Listed among the dead in the War Office casualty list of 1918.

    National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain)
  2. A First World War roll of honour of the staff of C. & E. Morton Ltd
    Example: roll of honour, 1914–1919
    War record W. Sides

    Loyal North Lancashire Regiment. Listed among the dead in the War Office casualty list of 1918.

    National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain)
  3. A First World War roll of honour of the staff of C. & E. Morton Ltd
    Example: roll of honour, 1914–1919
    War record C. Sides

    Machine Gun Corps. Listed among the dead in the War Office casualty list of 1917.

    National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain)

Counts: National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: C. & E. Morton Ltd roll of honour, 1914–1919, photo by Adrian S Pye via Geograph (CC BY-SA 2.0).

France3 records

3 records of the Sides name in France France's national death register, 1970–2001
  1. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Jacques Georges Sides

    Born 1927 in Paris; died 1989 in Cannes (Alpes-Maritimes).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
  2. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Rachel Sides

    Born 1912 in Turkey; died 1999 in Rennes (Ille-et-Vilaine).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
  3. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Joseph Isaac Sides

    Born 1912 in Greece; died 1992 in Paris.

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)

Counts: Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Death register of Nice, 1930, Archives départementales des Alpes-Maritimes (public domain).

New Zealand1 record

1 record of the Sides name in New Zealand Christchurch City cemetery records
  1. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record Emma Maud Sides

    Died 1934, aged 32; buried at Bromley Cemetery, Christchurch, Canterbury.

    Christchurch City Council (CC BY 4.0)

Counts: Christchurch City Council (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Burial register of Newtown, Montgomeryshire, 1858, National Library of Wales (CC0).

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