Name «Sidun»

The name Sidun has a nickname origin that arose due to a specific color characteristic, namely grey. At the time of the name's emergence, it was associated with the agentive term "sidun," meaning "to sit." This name can be compared to other verbal nouns with the suffix -un, such as bihun (runner), litun (flyer), morgun (mover), sakun (galloper), and others.The earliest record of the anthroponym Sidun dates back to 1213. It refers to a defendant named Sidun: “impetiit conwillanum suum Sedun decombustione domus; Sedun itaque portatoferro” - this pertains to a case in the Comitatus Krasna (Regional Warsaw 163), located near the modern Ukrainian-Hungarian state border.In 1495, the name Yakush' Sedun was recorded, who was a peasant (Tup 385). In 1552, Sidun and Nestor were mentioned as peasants from Lutsk (Archives of the Yuzr VII/1 138).Today, the surname Sidun is found in Transcarpathia and in the Halych Boiрkivshchyna region.