Given name

Suze

Suze is a feminine given name.

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

In English use, Suze is a diminutive of Susanna. An origin associated with Susanna is Hebrew.

Explained through its name family

How it developed

In English usage, Suze is a diminutive of Susan. In English usage, Suze is a diminutive of Suzanne.

The story

Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1982. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.

From dated birth records

Suze through the years

Babies since 1880
11
0 boys · 11 girls
Most popular year
1982
6 babies
2025
0
Outside the ranked list
2021–25 vs 2016–20
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Too few births to compare
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Suze in U.S. Social Security birth records, 1982–2025, per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births for a sex are not published and appear as zero. Use the arrow keys to step through years.

By the numbers

The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 2016. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 6 in 1982. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 542 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.

Suze’s family of names

In English usage, Suze is a diminutive of Susan. In English usage, Suze is a diminutive of Suzanne. In English usage, Suze is a diminutive of Susanne.

Walk Suze’s family in the name graph

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Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.

Hover or tab through the constellation to see how each name is related. Bigger dots are names more people in the U.S. share.

Nicknames & forms 5

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

Spellings & scripts 1

The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.

Similar names

If you love Suze, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

Yoruban

Sade

“one who is honorable”

39RareRising

4% boys · 96% girls

 

Sunshine

Sunshine is a surname.

33RareSteady

1% boys · 99% girls

English

Sable

“one who is sleek”

35RareRising fast

5% boys · 95% girls

 

Brie

“from the high hill; one who ascends”

27RareCooling

>99% girls

French · Modern

Symone

“one who listens well”

28RareEasing

>99% girls

 

Suzanna

“resembling a graceful white lily”

34RareSteady

>99% girls

Greek · Royal

Candace

“a queen” · “one who is white and glowing”

32RareEasing

>99% girls

Hebrew · Nickname-names

Susannah

“resembling a graceful white lily”

35RareEasing

>99% girls

Sibling ideas

Names that share Suze’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.

A brother for Suze