Iphoto batch rename

Having a lot of photo's in iPhoto, who does not, all with a number, and I want to rename all the photos as numbers do not mean anything.
i.e. From P1234.jpg, P1235.jpg to sydney1.jpg, sydney2.jpg etc
Is there a way, or a program that will batch rename.
Sure there must be out there, I just have not found one.
I am running OS X 10.10.2
Thanks for any help.
Bilbo

Select all photos, whose titles you want to start with "Sidney",
Go to the "Photos" menu in iPhoto and use the command "Batch Change".
Set it to "Set Title to Text"  and click "Append a number to each photo".
Enter "Sidney" into the text field.
Then click o.k.
All selected photos will be renamed to Sidney with a number appended.
When you export photos from iPhoto, you can use the title as the filename, so the files you export will have this title as a name.

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