Suzanne

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Susan in US United States, GB United Kingdom, AU Australia and 17 more, סוזן in FR France, IL Israel, MA Morocco, Suzan in TR Türkiye, SY Syria and Suzann in BR Brazil.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 18 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Suzanne is also recorded as 4 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• French given name1.4M records spelled Suzanne9 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in France, United States, Brazil, Canada

  Languages: French, Spanish, Portuguese

  Also written Suzanné, Sùzanne, Súzanne, Sûzâññê, Suzänne

• a separate given name218K records spelled Suzanne3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Italy

  Also written Suzannè, Suzänne

• Polish given name17K records spelled Suzanne18 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Poland, Czechia, United Kingdom

  Languages: Polish, Czech, Russian

  Also written Сюзанн, Susann, Syuzann

• Greek given name6.8K records spelled Suzanne2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Greece, United States, United Kingdom, Canada

  Also written Συζαν

76 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Suzanne is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In French, From Hebrew Shoshannah via Greek/Latin, 'lily'

  as a name·Le grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)

• In English, Form of Susan, well established in Ireland.

  as a name·Irish first names

• French form of Susanna, now also used in the English-speaking world.

  as a name·A concise dictionary of first names

• Biblical. See }Susanna and Susan in main dictionary. Also: Susanne.

  as a name·A concise dictionary of first names

• In French, a female given name, equivalent to English Susan

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

US SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) — 145 years between 1880–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Suzanne Curchodb. 1737CHFrench-Swiss salonist and writer (1737-1794)
• Suzanne Valadonb. 1865FRFrench painter (1865—1938)
• Suzanne Lenglenb. 1899FRFrench tennis player
• Annie Girardotb. 1931FRnot in their usual nameFrench actress (1931-2011)
• Stéphane Audranb. 1932FRnot in their usual nameFrench actress (1932–2018)
• Suzanne Somersb. 1946USAmerican actress (1946–2023)
• Suzanne Collinsb. 1962USAmerican television writer and novelist
• Sheryl Crowb. 1962USnot in their usual nameAmerican musician (born 1962)
• Melissa Georgeb. 1976AUnot in their usual nameAustralian actress
• Michelle Dockeryb. 1981GBnot in their usual nameBritish actress

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 1,274 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Suzanne?

We estimate roughly 1.5 million people bear Suzanne (counting its spellings and scripts) across 11 countries in our records.

In which country does Suzanne have the most bearers?

Suzanne is most frequently recorded in the United Kingdom, where it is most often spelled susan.

How common is Suzanne compared with other names?

In the United Kingdom, Suzanne is the 14th most common given name of 369,273 given names recorded there.

Is Suzanne a male or female name?

Suzanne is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.

What does the name Suzanne mean?

Recorded meaning: From Hebrew Shoshannah ‘lily’.