Given name & surname
Suzana
Suzana is a feminine given name. It is used in Lithuanian and Serbo-Croatian.
Meaning & origin
A reliable meaning for Suzana 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 1946. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Suzana through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,224
- 0 boys · 1,224 girls
- Most popular year
- 1979
- 43 babies
- 2025
- 11
- #9,392 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −5%
- Steady
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 11 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 9,392 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 5.2% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 43 in 1979. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 2,772 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.
Suzana’s family of names
In Portuguese usage, Suzana has a diminutive in Su. In Serbo-Croatian usage, Suzana has a conventional equivalent in the English form Susan. In Romanian usage, Suzana has a conventional equivalent in the French form Suzanne.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Suzana has relatives in 7 languages.
6 related names in 7 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 4
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 Suzana
- Suzana LazovićMontenegrin handball playerborn 1992
- Suzana ĆebićFemale volleyball player from Serbiaborn 1984
- Suzana Herculano-HouzelBrazilian neuroscientist (1972-)
- Suzana MaksimovićSerbian chess playerborn 1962
- Suzana AmaralBrazilian film director and screenwriter (1932-2020)
- Suzana NikolićCroatian actressborn 1965
- Suzana TratnikSlovenian writer, translator, activist and sociologistborn 1963
- Susana MendesAngolan journalistborn 1987
- Suzana GâdeaRomanian politician1919–1996
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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