Given name & surname
Suzan
“resembling a graceful white lily”
Suzan is a variant of Susannah. One Hebrew interpretation is “resembling a graceful white lily.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Suzan is a variant of Susannah. One Hebrew interpretation is “resembling a graceful white lily.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Suzan is a variant of Susannah. An origin associated with Susannah is Hebrew.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1898. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Suzan through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 9,081
- 0 boys · 9,081 girls
- Most popular year
- 1955
- 484 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −55%
- Cooling
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 2024. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 484 in 1955. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 10,523 as a first name in 2020; 102 as a surname in 2000.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Suzan’s family of names
Suzan has a related form in Susan. In Turkish usage, Suzan has a conventional equivalent in the English form Susan. In English usage, Suzan has a conventional equivalent in the French form Suzanne.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Suzan has relatives in 5 languages.
6 related names in 5 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 4
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.
People named Suzan
- Suzan KahramanerTurkish mathematician (1913–2006)
- Suzanne TamimLebanese singer (1977-2008)
- Suzan DelBeneAmerican politicianborn 1962
- Suzan LamensDutch tennis playerborn 1999
- Suzan AnbehGerman actressborn 1970
- Suzan Ballactress (1934-1955)
- Suzan Najm AldeenSyrian actressborn 1966
- Suzan van der WielenDutch field hockey playerborn 1971
- Suzan Shown HarjoCheyenne-Holdulgee Muscogee activist, poet, writer, lecturer, and curator (born 1945)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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