Suzanne

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Suzanne

Say it: sew-ZAHN

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Meaning

From Hebrew Shoshannah 'lily'.

Certainscholars agree on this meaning.

Very popular in France in the early 20th century.

Its wave through time

A fashion of the 1940s

In the United States

219,467 babies given this name since 1880
At its height in 1946, about 1 in 264 girls
41 babies in 2020

Through the ages

Used by

The family of the name

English	Susan
Dutch	Susanna
Italian	Susanna

Famous bearers

Suzanne Valadon, painter
Suzanne Lenglen, tennis champion

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Where this comes from

The Hebrew Bible and the New Testament
National birth statistics of European countries source
United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source

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