Given name & surname
Suzanne
“resembling a graceful white lily”
Suzanne is a variant of Susannah. One Hebrew interpretation is “resembling a graceful white lily.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Suzanne is a variant of Susannah. One Hebrew interpretation is “resembling a graceful white lily.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Suzanne 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 1880. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Suzanne through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 219,801
- 492 boys · 219,309 girls
- Most popular year
- 1962
- 6,867 babies
- 2025
- 75
- #2,407 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +10%
- Rising
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 75 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 2,407 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 10.4% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 6,851 in 1962. In 2025, Pennsylvania had the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (9). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 188,910 as a first name in 2020; 147 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.
Suzanne’s family of names
In English usage, Suzanne has a diminutive in Sue. Suzanne shares a linguistic root with Susanna. In French usage, Suzanne has a conventional equivalent in the English form Susan.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Suzanne has relatives in 35 languages.
31 related names in 35 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 11
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Susanvariant · English
- Susannavariant · English, Italian
- Susannahvariant
- Suzettepet form
- Suziediminutive · English
- Suediminutive · English
- Zandiminutive · English
- Susannevariant · English, German
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Across languages 31
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Susieequivalent
- SusanaSpanish, Portuguese
- ZuzannaPolish, Latvian
- Suzannahequivalent
- SuzanaRomanian, Lithuanian
- Susyequivalent
- Susannequivalent
- Susiequivalent
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- Suzannequivalent
- Suziequivalent
- ZuzanaCzech, Slovak
- Suzongallo
- SusanoEsperanto
- SuzanEnglish
- Zsuzsaequivalent
- ΣουζάναGreek
- Souzanecognate · Walloon
- SusánnáTelugu
- СузанаSerbian, Bulgarian
- СусаннаRussian
- سوزانPersian, Arabic
- SuusaatGreenlandic
- スーザンJapanese
- ZsuzsannaHungarian
- שושנהHebrew
- ΣουσάνναGreek
- SwsanWelsh
- Suzèttgallo
- 수잔Korean
- 苏珊Chinese
- ՇուշանArmenian
People named Suzanne
- Suzanne CollinsAmerican television writer and novelistborn 1962
- Suzanne LenglenFrench tennis player1899–1938
- Suzanne PleshetteAmerican actress (1937–2008)
- Suzanne VegaAmerican singer-songwriterborn 1959
- Suzanne ValadonFrench painter (1865—1938)
- Suzanne SomersAmerican actress (1946–2023)
- Jane PowellAmerican actress, dancer, and singer (1929-2021)
- Suzanne Mubarakformer First Lady of Egyptborn 1941
- AnnabellaFrench cinema actress (1907–1996)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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