Given name
Suellen
“resembling a graceful white lily”·“the shining light”
Suellen is a variant of Susannah. One Hebrew interpretation is “resembling a graceful white lily.” In English use, Suellen is a short form of Ellen. In English use, Ellen carries the interpretation “the shining light.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Suellen is a variant of Susannah. One Hebrew interpretation is “resembling a graceful white lily.” In English use, Suellen is a short form of Ellen. In English use, Ellen carries the interpretation “the shining light.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Suellen is a variant of Susannah. An origin associated with Susannah is Hebrew.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In English usage, Suellen is a short form of Ellen. In English usage, Suellen is a short form of Sue.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1936. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Suellen through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 3,342
- 0 boys · 3,342 girls
- Most popular year
- 1941
- 159 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 6 in 2020. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 159 in 1941. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 3,034 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Suellen’s family of names
In English usage, Suellen is a short form of Ellen. Suellen has a related form in Susannah. In English usage, Suellen is a short form of Sue.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 6
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Suellen
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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