Syd (name)
Syd is a diminutive form 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
