Given name
Zuzanna
“lily”
Zuzanna is used as a given name. Zuzanna is connected with Susanna.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Zuzanna goes back to Latin Susanna, meaning “lily.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Where it comes from
Zuzanna is a form of Susanna. An origin associated with Susanna is Hebrew.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In Polish use, Zuzanna is used as a form of Susanna.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1991. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Zuzanna through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 706
- 0 boys · 706 girls
- Most popular year
- 2009
- 52 babies
- 2025
- 15
- #7,490 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −50%
- Cooling
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 15 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 7,490 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 49.6% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 52 in 2009. In 2025, Illinois had the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (7). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 950 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.
Zuzanna’s family of names
In Polish usage, Zuzanna has a diminutive in Zuzia. Zuzanna shares a linguistic root with Susanna. In Polish usage, Zuzanna has a conventional equivalent in the English form Susan.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Zuzanna has relatives in 26 languages.
18 related names in 26 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 1
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 28
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- SusanEnglish, Danish
- Susannacognate · Italian, Swedish
- Susieequivalent
- SusanaSpanish, Portuguese
- SuzanneFrench
- Susannahequivalent
- Suzieequivalent
- Suzetteequivalent
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- Suzannahequivalent
- Sueequivalent
- SusanneGerman, Danish
- Susyequivalent
- Susannequivalent
- Susiequivalent
- Suziequivalent
- SuzanFrench
- ZuzanaCzech, Slovak
- SusanoEsperanto
- Zsuzsaequivalent
- ZsuzsannaHungarian
- СузанаUkrainian, Serbian
- СусаннаUkrainian, Russian
- Σουσάνναgr
- שושנהHebrew
- KukanaHawaiian
- შუშანიკGeorgian
- SuusaatGreenlandic
- Soznabe
See also 3
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Zuzanna
- SanahPolish singer-songwriter, violinist and composerborn 1997
- Zuzanna GinczankaPolish writer1917–1944
- Zuzanna SzadkowskiAmerican actressborn 1978
- Zuzanna EfimienkoPolish sportspersonborn 1989
- Zuzanna CieślarPolish fencerborn 2000
- Zuzanna RadeckaPolish sprinterborn 1975
- Zuzanna BijochPolish modelborn 1994
- Zuzanna TopolińskaPolish linguistborn 1931
- Zuzanna FamulokPolish swimmerborn 2003
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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