Given name
Zuzana
“resembling a graceful white lily”
Zuzana is a variant of Zuza. In Polish use, Zuza carries the interpretation “resembling a graceful white lily.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Zuzana is a variant of Zuza. In Polish use, Zuza carries the interpretation “resembling a graceful white lily.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Zuzana is a form of Susanna. An origin associated with Susanna is Hebrew.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In Czech use, Zuzana is used as a form of Susanna.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2007. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Zuzana through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 29
- 0 boys · 29 girls
- Most popular year
- 2008
- 7 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 5 in 2021. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 7 in 2008. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 861 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.
Zuzana’s family of names
In Slovak usage, Zuzana has a diminutive in Zuzanka. Zuzana shares a linguistic root with Susanna. In Slovak usage, Zuzana has a conventional equivalent in the English form Susan.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Zuzana has relatives in 34 languages.
44 related names in 34 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 47
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- SusanEnglish
- Susannacognate · Swedish, Italian
- Susieequivalent
- SusanaSpanish, Italian
- SuzanneFrench, English
- Susannahequivalent
- Suzieequivalent
- SuzetteFrench
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- ZanaLithuanian
- SuzyEnglish
- ZuzannaPolish, Latvian
- Suzannahequivalent
- SuzanaCroatian, Upper Sorbian
- SueEnglish
- SusanneGerman, Norwegian
- SannaLow German
- Susyequivalent
- SusannNorwegian
- Suziequivalent
- SuzanTurkish
- SusiGerman
- SusanoEsperanto
- SannyLow German
- SanneLow German
- Жужанаsr-Cyrl
- Сузанаsr-Cyrl, Macedonian
- SiùsanScottish Gaelic
- SiùsaidhScottish Gaelic
- SusánnáNorthern Sami
- СюзаннаRussian
- СусаннаRussian
- SuseGerman
- HūhanaMāori
- ZsuzsaHungarian
- ZsuzsannaHungarian
- スーザンJapanese
- SúsannaIcelandic
- ZusanaUpper Sorbian
- שׁוֹשִׁיHebrew
- שׁוֹשׁHebrew
- שׁוֹשַׁנָּהHebrew
- KukanaHawaiian
- შუშანიკGeorgian
- SuusaatGreenlandic
- SantjeLow German
- SussiDanish
- سوسنArabic
See also 5
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Zuzana
- Zuzana ČaputováSlovak lawyer, environmental activist and politicianborn 1973
- Zuzana Rehák-ŠtefečekováSlovak sport shooterborn 1984
- Zuzana HejnováCzech athleteborn 1986
- Zuzana MaděrováCzech snowboarderborn 2003
- Zuzana KučováSlovak tennis playerborn 1982
- Zuzana OndráškováCzech female tennis playerborn 1980
- Zuzana RoithováCzech politicianborn 1953
- Zuzana RůžičkováCzech cemballist, pianist and music educator (1927–2017)
- Zuzana ŠtevulováSlovak activistborn 1983
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.