Susan
A Hebrew name meaning "lily", worn in Poland in its English spelling. It stays rare here: only around 320 women carry it and almost none are born now, so meeting one sticks in the memory.
Susan Pronunciation
Susan is pronounced SOO-sahn (/ˈsusan/).
What Susan means
Where Susan comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Susan comes from the Hebrew Shoshannah, an old word for the lily. The flower meaning passed through Greek and Latin before English took it up, and the sense stayed intact: Susan means lily, lilia to a Polish ear.
The name keeps old company. A woman named Susanna appears in the Book of Daniel, falsely accused and then cleared, and the Gospel of Luke lists a Susanna among the women who traveled with Jesus. English kept the name in heavy use for centuries, and it reached its peak in the mid twentieth century, sitting near the top of the girls' name charts in the 1950s.
On an official form at a Polish urząd, Susan would read as a borrowing, an English name with a Hebrew root. It stands short and plain, needing nothing added to it. The meaning underneath stays what it was in Hebrew: the lily.
How many people are named Susan
1 in 72256 women in Poland is named Susan. 323 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #1679 among female names.
Susan's popularity over time
Fewer than 2 girls were given the name in 2025. It has been stable for a decade.
Susan as a middle name
Susan is a first name for 323 women in Poland and a middle name for another 136, a 70/30 split. In the women's middle-name ranking it sits 561st, between Sol (136) and Julie (135).
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#559 Melanie136
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#560 Sol136
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#561 Susan136
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#562 Julie135
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#563 Krystiana135