Susanne
Fewer than 350 Polish women carry Susanne, which puts it well past the point where most people here would recognize it. The name is Hebrew at root and means "lily", the German and Scandinavian sister of Poland's Zuzanna.
Susanne Pronunciation
Susanne is pronounced soo-SAHN-ne (/suˈsannɛ/).
What Susanne means
Where Susanne comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Susanne begins in Hebrew, in the word Shoshannah, a name for the lily.
The biblical Susanna wore it first, a woman falsely accused and later cleared, and from her story the name spread across Europe. German and Scandinavian speakers made it Susanne, trimming the older Latin Susanna into something plainer and easier to say.
It means lily. That flower has stayed fixed to the name for centuries, though the sense of purity people attach to a white bloom came later, after the word itself was already old.
In Polish the same root settles as Zuzanna, and the girl who signs that on a form at the urząd is a Zuzia to everyone at her imieniny. One Hebrew word for a flower, and two Polish forms answer to it, the full and the fond, both still meaning lily.
How many people are named Susanne
1 in 72025 women in Poland is named Susanne. 313 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #1708 among female names.
Susanne's popularity over time
Fewer than 2 girls were given the name in 2025. It has been climbing since 2025.
Where Susanne is most popular
Susanne is most popular in Opole, 4588% above the national average (2 girls born 2019–2025).
-
Opole2 girls born+4588%
Susanne as a middle name
Susanne is a first name for 313 women in Poland and a middle name for another 95, a 77/23 split. In the women's middle-name ranking it sits 687th, between Madeleine (95) and Gerarda (94).
-
#685 Katarina95
-
#686 Madeleine95
-
#687 Susanne95
-
#688 Gerarda94
-
#689 Megan94