Suzanne
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{{name info | name = Suzanne| gender =female | pronunciation = su-ZAHN | etymology = 'lily' (Hebrew) | Related Names = Sue, Susan, Susannah, Susanne, Susie, Suzannah, Suzy
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ORIGIN AND HISTORY
The name Suzanne is the French version of the name Susan or Susannah. The name originally stems from the Hebrew word 'shoshannah' which means 'lily'. The name is used in French, but has also been taken over as one of the English variants of the name group before the beginning of the 20th century. Suzanne is no longer the most popular of all of these forms in America, but it is still widely in use as a female given name.[1]
POPULARITY
The last year that the name Suzanne was on the list of the 1000 most popular female given names in the U.S. was 1999, when it was ranked number 952. The name's most popular time in the U.S. was in the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s. In the decade of the 1940s, the name Suzanne was ranked 78th most popular, in the 50s it fell to number 86 before rising to its all-time high in the U.S. and number 65 in the 60s. While it doesn't currently make it onto the list of 1000 most popular, some other variants of the name are still quite popular. [1]
There are other countries where the name Suzanne still makes it onto the list of 1000 most popular female given names: Australia, Belgium and Canada are three places where you'll find more baby announcements with Suzanne on them than you'll currently find in the U.S.[1]
FACTS
- In France, the name Suzanne is celebrated as a name day on August 11th.
NAMESAKES
- In the movie 'Paris, je t'aime', there is a character named Suzanne.
- Leonard Cohen wrote a poem 'Suzanne' in 1966, which became a hit song in 1967 with the same title.
- 'Suzanne' was the name of a stage show that hit theaters in 1910 in the U.S.
There are two places in the north of France with the name 'Suzanne':
- Suzanne, Ardennes
- Suzanne, Somme
FAMOUS PERSONS
- Suzanne Somers is an American actress well remembered for her role on Three's Company
- Suzanne Vega is an American musician
- Suzanne Bianchetti is an actress
- Suzanne Cloutier-Rocher is a writer
- Suzanne Duranceau is a famous Canadian artist
- Suzanne Gauthier is a famous Canadian artist
- Suzanne Glass is a famous writer
- Suzanne Duchamp is a French dadaist painter
NOTES
OTHER SUZANNE'S
Suzanne Miller, Suzanne Wilson, Suzanne Moore, Suzanne Taylor, Suzanne Aaknes, Suzanne Abany, Suzanne Abare, Suzanne Abbamonte, Suzanne Abbas, Suzanne Abboud, Suzanne Abbruzzese, Suzanne Abdalla, Suzanne Abdilla, Suzanne Abe, Suzanne Abeel, Suzanne Abei, Suzanne Aitouche, Suzanne Axelbaum, Suzanne Barkoff, Suzanne Aardahl, Suzanne Aaron, Suzanne Aasbo, Suzanne Aavang, Suzanne Abate, Suzanne Abatsis, Suzanne Abbate, Suzanne Abruzzo, Suzanne Aaberg, Suzanne Aagaard, Suzanne Aagesen, Suzanne Aamann, Suzanne Aaronson, Suzanne Aarts, Suzanne Abad, Suzanne Abadeh, Suzanne Abair, Suzanne Abajay, Suzanne Abajian, Suzanne Abaloz, Suzanne Abbasi, Suzanne Abbattista, Suzanne Abbe, Suzanne Abbenante, Suzanne Abbey, Suzanne Abbitt, Suzanne Abbondandelo, Suzanne Abbott, Suzanne Abbruzzi, Suzanne Abdallah, Suzanne Abdelrahim, More results
Author: Rachel Hanson
