Suzanna
The name traces to Hebrew for the lily, though Poland almost always writes it Zuzanna and shortens it to Zuzia. The Suzanna spelling stays rare: most Poles have never met one, and the few who carry it are always women.
Suzanna Pronunciation
Suzanna is pronounced soo-ZAHN-nah (/suˈzanna/).
What Suzanna means
Where Suzanna comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Suzanna reaches back to the Hebrew shoshannah, a word for the lily. That flower is the whole of the meaning: lily in English, lilia in Polish. Poland usually writes the name as Zuzanna and softens it to Zuzia at home.
The oldest bearer many readers know is the Susanna of the Book of Daniel, a woman falsely accused by two elders and cleared by the young Daniel. Painters came back to her story for centuries. A second Susanna appears in the Gospel of Luke, counted among the women who supported Jesus and his followers.
A Polish teacher reading the register finds Zuzanna near the top, close to the Annas and Alicjas. The name-day falls in August, and the imieniny cards still arrive for grown women who long ago answered to Zuzia.
So the flower stays the point. Whether written Suzanna or Zuzanna, the name means the lily.
How many people are named Suzanna
1 in 92393 women in Poland is named Suzanna. 244 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #1982 among female names.
Suzanna's popularity over time
Fewer than 2 girls were given the name in 2025. It has been climbing since 2025.
Where Suzanna is most popular
Suzanna is most popular in Greater Poland, 904% above the national average (2 girls born 2019–2025).
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Greater Poland2 girls born+904%
Suzanna as a middle name
Suzanna is a first name for 244 women in Poland and a middle name for another 34, an 88/12 split. In the women's middle-name ranking it sits 1204th, between Sude (34) and Wenesa (34).
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#1202 Penelope34
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#1203 Sude34
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#1204 Suzanna34
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#1205 Wenesa34
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#1206 Wictoria34