Meaning & origin
A reliable meaning for Susann isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1910. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Susann through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 3,097
- 0 boys · 3,097 girls
- Most popular year
- 1943
- 121 babies
- 2025
- 6
- #14,735 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 6 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 14,735 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for girls was 121 in 1943. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 2,775 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.
Susann’s family of names
In Norwegian usage, Susann has a conventional equivalent in the German form Susanne. In Norwegian usage, Susann has a conventional equivalent in the Czech form Zuzana.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 20
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Susann
- Susann Goksør BjerkrheimNorwegian handball playerborn 1970
- Susann Müllerhandball playerborn 1988
- Susann BeuckeGerman sailorborn 1991
- Susann McDonaldAmerican-born classical harpist, both recording and live-performing; chair of the harp department at Indiana University-Bloomington1935–2025
- Susann SingerGerman judokaborn 1970
- Susann B. WinterGerman actressborn 1962
- Susann RüthrichGerman politicianborn 1977
- Susann KuhfittigGerman skierborn 1965
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
Similar names
If you love Susann, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
Sarann
“one who brings joy to others”
>99% girls
Ruthann
“compassion” · “a beloved companion”
>99% girls
Sharan
“rose of Sharon” · “from the plains; a flowering shrub”
5% boys · 95% girls
Suetta
>99% girls
Sondra
“helper and defender of mankind”
>99% girls
Carolann
“a joyous song; a small, strong woman”
>99% girls
Roseann
“resembling the graceful rose”
>99% girls
Rosary
>99% girls
Sibling ideas
Names that share Susann’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.
A sister for Susann