Girl · Hebrew, through Greek and Latin
Susan
Say it: SOO-zun
Meaning
From Hebrew Shoshannah 'lily'.
Likelythe main view, with some doubt.
Rose in England in the 16th century with growing use of biblical names.
Its wave through time
A fashion of the 1950s
In the United States
- 1,124,794 babies given this name since 1880
- At its height in 1954, about 1 in 41 girls
- 251 babies in 2020
Through the ages
- The Biblical WorldAbout 1200 BC to AD 100
- The Renaissance1400 to 1600
- The Colonial Americas1500 to 1800
- Victorian and Belle Époque1837 to 1914
- The Modern Age1880 to today
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Susanna, Susannah, Suzan, Susanne
| Hebrew | Shoshana |
|---|---|
| French | Suzanne |
| Italian | Susanna |
| German | Susanne |
| Spanish | Susana |
Famous bearers
- Susan B. Anthony, US suffragist
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Where this comes from
- The Hebrew Bible and the New Testament
- The Apocrypha and other early religious writings
- Parish baptism registers
- Puritan church and town records of England and New England
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
Meanings and histories are compiled from the study of names and their languages and checked by a second review.
Meanings and histories are drawn from the study of names and their languages, each with a confidence rating; popularity figures come from official birth records. Name histories are a living field: if you know of a correction, we would be glad to hear it.