Girl · English pet form of a Hebrew name
Susie
Say it: SOO-zee
Meaning
A pet form of Susan or Susanna, from Hebrew Shoshannah, usually 'lily' (the flower meant is debated).
Likelythe main view, with some doubt.
Frequently given as a full name in the US from the 1880s to the mid-1900s.
Its wave through time
Fading since the 1880s
In the United States
- 85,558 babies given this name since 1880
- At its height in 1886, about 1 in 259 girls
- 87 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Suzie, Suzy, Susy
Famous bearers
- Susie King Taylor, African American Civil War nurse and memoirist
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Where this comes from
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
- National census records of the 19th and 20th centuries
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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