Given name & surname
Susi
“resembling a graceful white lily”
Susi is a variant of Susannah. One Hebrew interpretation is “resembling a graceful white lily.”
Original Hebrewסוסי
Meaning & origin
What it means
Susi is a variant of Susannah. One Hebrew interpretation is “resembling a graceful white lily.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Susi is a variant of Susannah. An origin associated with Susannah is Hebrew.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
From the Hebrew noun sus (סוס), “horse.”
From biblical name research
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1945. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
In the Bible
In the Bible, the name Susi appears in Numbers 13:11.
From biblical name research
Susi through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 392
- 0 boys · 392 girls
- Most popular year
- 1962
- 25 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 2017. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 25 in 1962. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 909 as a first name in 2020; 1,107 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Susi’s family of names
In German usage, Susi is a diminutive of Susanne. Susi has a related form in Susannah. In German usage, Susi has a conventional equivalent in the Czech form Zuzana.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 17
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Susi
- Susi PudjiastutiIndonesian entrepreneurborn 1965
- Susi ErdmannGerman bobsledder and lugerborn 1968
- Susi SchmidGerman field hockey playerborn 1960
- Susi LannerAustrian actress (1911-2006)
- Susi GaneshanFilm director and producerborn 1971
- Susi SingerAmerican artist (1891–1955)
- Susi GoodSwiss rock climberborn 1966
- Susi EppenbergerSwiss politician (1931-2023)
- Susi HyldgaardDanish pianist (1963–2023)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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