Given name & surname
Susanne
“resembling a graceful white lily”
Susanne is a variant of Susannah. One Hebrew interpretation is “resembling a graceful white lily.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Susanne is a variant of Susannah. One Hebrew interpretation is “resembling a graceful white lily.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
In German use, Susanne has a related form in Susanna. An origin associated with Susanna is Hebrew.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1881. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Susanne through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 26,094
- 0 boys · 26,094 girls
- Most popular year
- 1949
- 713 babies
- 2025
- 8
- #11,815 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −14%
- Easing
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 8 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 11,815 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 14.0% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 713 in 1949. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 25,061 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.
Susanne’s family of names
In German usage, Susanne has a diminutive in Susie. Susanne shares a linguistic root with Susanna. In English usage, Susanne has a related form in Susan.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Susanne has relatives in 24 languages.
41 related names in 24 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 20
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Susanvariant · English, Danish
- Susannavariant · German, Swedish
- Susiediminutive · German
- Suzannevariant · English, French
- Susannahvariant · English
- Suzydiminutive · German
- Zandiminutive · English
- Sannadiminutive · German
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- Suzediminutive · English
- Sussiediminutive · Danish
- Sannediminutive · Dutch, Danish
- Susidiminutive · German
- Susudiminutive · German
- Susannnelikely variant
- Sussidiminutive · Danish
- Susediminutive · German
- Σουσάνναvariant · German, Ancient Greek
- Susldiminutive · German
- Suserldiminutive · German
- Sannidiminutive · German
Across languages 30
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- SusanaSpanish, Italian
- SuzannaEnglish
- Suzieequivalent
- SuzetteFrench
- ZuzannaPolish
- Suzannahequivalent
- Sueequivalent
- SuzanaCroatian
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- Susyequivalent
- SusannSwedish, Norwegian
- Suziequivalent
- Suzaneequivalent
- Susanoborrowing · Esperanto
- ZuzanaCzech
- Susaneequivalent
- SuzanEnglish
- SuzannDanish
- SussanDanish
- Suusaatborrowing · Greenlandic
- ΣουζάναGreek
- Zsuzsaequivalent
- ZsuzsannaHungarian
- ЖужанаSerbian
- Susánnásmi
- СюзаннаRussian
- СусаннаRussian
- HūhanaMāori
- SúsannaIcelandic
- שׁוֹשַׁנָּהHebrew
- SussanneDanish
People named Susanne
- Susanne BlakesleeAmerican voice, stage and musical theatre actressborn 1956
- Susanne BierDanish film director (born 1960)
- Susanne LangerAmerican philosopher (1895–1985)
- Susanne LotharGerman actress (1960-2012)
- Susanne GeorgiDanish singerborn 1976
- Susanne KlattenGerman businesswomanborn 1962
- Susanne SundførNorwegian singerborn 1986
- Susanne RiessAustrian politicianborn 1961
- Susanne LjungskogSwedish cyclistborn 1976
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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