Given name
Sookie
“resembling a graceful white lily”·“one who is dearly loved”
In English use, Sookie has a related form in Susannah. One Hebrew interpretation is “resembling a graceful white lily.” Sookie is a variant of Suki. One Japanese interpretation is “one who is dearly loved.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
In English use, Sookie has a related form in Susannah. One Hebrew interpretation is “resembling a graceful white lily.” Sookie is a variant of Suki. One Japanese interpretation is “one who is dearly loved.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
In English use, Sookie has a related form in Susannah. An origin associated with Susannah is Hebrew. Sookie is a variant of Suki. An origin associated with Suki is Japanese.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2010. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Sookie through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 63
- 0 boys · 63 girls
- Most popular year
- 2010
- 10 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 7 in 2024. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 10 in 2010.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Sookie’s family of names
In English usage, Sookie has a related form in Susan. In English usage, Sookie has a related form in Susannah. Sookie has a related form in Suki.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Sookie
Characters named Sookie: Sookie Stackhouse (main character in Southern Vampire Mysteries and True Blood fictional universes), Sookie St. James (the television series Gilmore Girls).
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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