Suzanne
Suzanne around the world
One shared root links 10 names across 5 languages.
Shared root: from Hebrew Shoshannah "lily", via Greek Sousanna
The constellation
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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
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
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.
The Suzanne deep dive
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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