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Suzanne

girl name
Origin
French
Syllables
2
Peak era
1960s
Today
▬ Steady

Meaning

form of Susan, 'lily'

Goes by Suzy

The story

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Suzanne around the world

One shared root links 10 names across 5 languages.

Shared root: from Hebrew Shoshannah "lily", via Greek Sousanna

The constellation

SuzanneFrenchSusanEnglishSusannaLatinSusanaSpanishSusanneGerman

More branches

SusannahEnglish · biblical formSuzannaEnglish · variantSueEnglish · short formSusieEnglish · short formSuzyEnglish · short form

Suzanne in song

Suzanne
Leonard Cohen (1967)
Cohen's song about a real woman he knew in Montreal, tea and oranges by the river, first recorded by Judy Collins in 1966 before he cut his own version.

Popularity, 1890–2024

1890speak 1960s2020s

Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Suzanne peaked in the 1960s.

See popularity in Brazil

Popularity in Brazil

1,066 people · the #7,923 first name in Brazil · about 1 in 200,000 · median age 32

1950s1960s1970s1980s1990s2000s2010s

Among people named Suzanne living in Brazil at the 2022 census, more were born in the 1990s than in any other decade.

Source: IBGE, Censo Demográfico 2022

When you meet Suzanne

Most people given the name Suzanne in the United States were born between 1950 and 1979. The Suzanne you meet today is most often in her 50s or 60s.

Estimated from US Social Security birth registrations and typical lifespans; a rough guide, not a rule.

Names that fit alongside Suzanne

Christine Janine Joelle Celine Charlotte Jannette

The Suzanne deep dive

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Whether you’re naming a baby or exploring your own name’s history, this is a personal letter, not a list: where Suzanne truly comes from, how it traveled, and what a century of records reveals. If you have grown a tree on nametree, it also considers how Suzanne fits with your family’s names and surname.

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