Suzanne
The Hebrew Shoshannah gave a word for the lily, and French speakers softened it into Suzanne. In Poland the lily is Zuzanna, and Suzanne stays foreign: most Poles will never meet one.
Suzanne Pronunciation
Suzanne is pronounced soo-ZAHN-ne (/suˈzannɛ/).
What Suzanne means
Where Suzanne comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Suzanne traces back to the Hebrew Shoshannah, a word for the lily. French speakers adopted it early and shaped the sound to their own liking, softening the ending until it sat easily in the mouth. The flower stayed. Its short meaning, lily, or lilia for a Polish reader, points straight at that Hebrew root.
There was a Susanna long before the French form. In the Book of Daniel she is falsely accused and then cleared when the young prophet cross-examines her accusers. Painters returned to that scene for centuries, and the name reached Europe carrying it.
Poland kept the same lily under a different spelling. Here it is Zuzanna, and the girl who answers to it on a school register is usually Zuzia. Say Suzanne in Warsaw and people hear the French cousin of a name they already know.
Three languages, one flower.
How many people are named Suzanne
1 in 99751 women in Poland is named Suzanne. 226 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #2073 among female names.
Suzanne's popularity over time
4 girls were given the name in 2025, ranking #1148 among newborns. It has been climbing since 2024.
Where Suzanne is most popular
Suzanne is most popular in Subcarpathian, 1692% above the national average (2 girls born 2019–2025).
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Subcarpathian2 girls born+1692%
Suzanne as a middle name
Suzanne is a first name for 226 women in Poland and a middle name for another 120, a 65/35 split. In the women's middle-name ranking it sits 599th, between Laila (120) and Virginia (120).
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#597 Hieronima121
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#598 Laila120
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#599 Suzanne120
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#600 Virginia120
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#601 Natasha119