Suzanne
- Gender
- Female
- Meaning
- Lily Variant Of Hebrew Susannah. In The Apocryphal Book Of Tobit Susannah Courageously Defended Herself Against Wrongful Accusation. White Lilies Grew In The Biblical City Of Susa In Persia.
- Origin
- German
About the Name Suzanne
Suzanne is the French form of Susanna, a name with ancient Hebrew roots: Shoshannah, meaning "lily." The lily was a symbol of purity and beauty throughout the ancient Near East, and the name appears in the biblical Book of Daniel as well as in the deuterocanonical Book of Tobit, where a figure named Susannah bravely defended herself against wrongful accusation — a story of moral courage that helped embed the name in Christian tradition. The name traveled through Greek and Latin into French as Suzanne, acquiring the elegant phonetic profile that distinguished it from the plainer English and German forms while preserving the flower's essential meaning.
Suzanne first entered the US Social Security top-1000 in 1941 and reached its peak in 1946 at rank #52, accumulating more than 151,000 top-1000 births across its run — a very strong total reflective of its genuine mid-century popularity. The name last appeared in the top-1000 in 1973 at rank #98, completing a 32-year run spanning the wartime and baby-boom generations.
Suzanne carries a refined, European elegance that has given it a lasting literary and musical identity beyond the charts. Its three syllables flow with natural French grace. Recorded variants sharing the same lily-root heritage include Susanna, Susanne, and the lighter French diminutive Suzette.
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration name data, 1880–2024 (methodology). By Marvin Tang.
Quick Facts About Suzanne
US Popularity History (1941–1973)
Annual US births named Suzanne by gender, from US Social Security Administration records. Peak year: 1962 with 6,852 girls named Suzanne (girl rank #65 that year).
Where it stands today: in 1973, ranked #98 for girls (3,036 US births). That's 33 places below its 1962 peak.
Source: US Social Security Administration. Limitations: US birth-certificate data only; names appearing fewer than 5 times in a given year are suppressed for privacy; spelling variants are counted separately. For names that ranked outside the US top 100 before year 2000, only the years they reached the top 100 are shown — the chart may have gaps for less-popular historical names.
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Variant Forms
| Name | Meaning | Gender | Origin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Susanna | Graceful Lily In The Apocryphal Book Of Tobit Susannah Courageously Defended Herself Against Wrongful Accusation. White Lilies Grew In The Biblical City Of Susa In Persia. | Female | Hebrew |
| Susanne | Lily. Variant Of Hebrew Susannah. In The Apocryphal Book Of Tobit Susannah Courageously Defended Herself Against Wrongful Accusation. White Lilies Grew In The Biblical City Of Susa In Persia. | Female | French |
| Suzette | Lily. Variant Of Hebrew Susannah. In The Apocryphal Book Of Tobit Susannah Courageously Defended Herself Against Wrongful Accusation. White Lilies Grew In The Biblical City Of Susa In Persia. | Female | French |
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