Name

Name SUSAN

Between 1880 and 2019 there were 1,251,690 births of Susan in the countries below, which represents an average of 9,005 births of children bearing the first name Susan per year on average throughout this period.
On the last available year for each country, we count 257 births.

Other languages :
En Français

Prénom Susan
In Italiano

Nome Susan

Variations : Sue , Suesan , Suezanne , Susann , Susanna , Susanne , Susi , Súsi , Susie , Suzan , Suzane , Suzie , Suzy , Xuxa

Information about the first name Susan

The first name Susan is listed in our categories :

Names of Harry Potter characters
Susan
Icelandic names (girls)
Susan

The first name Susan has been assigned to:

0.07% to boys
99.93% to girls

The country where the first name Susan is the most common is:

United State of America

This first name is on trend: Female

This first name has 5 letters including 2 vowels and 3 consonants

Anagrams of the first name Susan

An anagram is a word that contains the same letters of another word. Here is the list of first names which are an anagram of Susan : Sasun, Sunas, Sunsa, Susna

Susan in Japanese ^*

Romaji	suuzan
Katakana	スーザン
Hiragana	すーざん
* This is a phonetic conversion, not a translation.
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Susan in sign language

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Susan in binary language

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Origin and meaning of name Susan

English

Etymology

English form of the biblical Susanna, from Biblical Hebrew שׁוֹשַׁנָּה‎ (šōšannā, “lily”); compare with Egyptian 𓊃𓈙𓈖𓆸 (sšn).

Anagrams

Ansus, NUSAS, nasus, sauns, unass

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /ˈsuːzən/
Rhymes: -uːzən

Proper noun (Derived terms)

Susanville

Proper noun (Related terms)

variants: Susanna, Susannah, Susanne, Suzanne
pet forms: Sue, Susie, Susy, Suzi, Suzie, Suzy

Proper noun (Usage notes)

In continuous use since the Middle Ages, with the latest popularity peak in the mid-twentieth century.

Danish

Proper noun

Susan
A female given name borrowed from English.

Popularity of the name Susan

Number of SUSAN births per year

Popularity of the name Susan

Total births of Susan by country

		Births with the first name Susan
Country		Boys Girls
	United State of America 1880 - 2019	800 1,119,833
	Ontario 1913 - 2018	0 47,582
	Australia 1944 - 2019	60 33,294
	New Zealand 1900 - 2019	0 17,926
	British Columbia 1919 - 2019	0 10,337
	Ireland 1964 - 2019	0 8,589
	New Scotland 1920 - 2019	0 4,207
	Brazil 1930 - 2010	0 3,530
	Switzerland 1912 - 2019	0 1,480
	United Kingdom 1996 - 2019	0 796
	France 1900 - 2019	0 759
	Norway 1945 - 2019	0 686
	Denmark 1985 - 2019	0 571
	Alberta 1980 - 2019	1 556
	Italy 1999 - 2018	0 198
	Quebec 1980 - 2019	0 166
	Argentina 1922 - 2015	0 96
	Czechoslovakia 1900 - 2016	0 48
	Austria 1984 - 2018	0 45
	Sweden 1998 - 2019	0 43
	Poland 2000 - 2019	0 41
	Germany 2000 - 2018	0 40
	Belgium 1995 - 2019	0 5
	Portugal 2014 - 2019	0 1

Popularity of the name Susan

Total births of Susan by country (last available year)

		Births with the first name Susan
Country		Boys Girls
	United State of America 2019	0 182
	Brazil 2010	0 43
	France 2019	0 7
	United Kingdom 2019	0 7
	Ireland 2019	0 5
	Alberta 2019	0 3
	Denmark 2019	0 3
	Italy 2018	0 3
	Germany 2018	0 2
	Austria 2018	0 1
	Czechoslovakia 2016	0 1

Comments on the name Susan

Personalities with the first name Susan

There are 218 personalities with the first name Susan

Susan Sarandon (Susan Abigail Tomalin)

United states of america
Actor Voice actor Film producer Television actor Film actor

Susan Sontag

United states of america
Screenwriter Writer Professor Historian Author Human rights activist Journalist Essayist Feminist Film director Theater director Film critic Literary critic Philosopher Novelist

Susan Boyle (Susan Magdalane Boyle)

United kingdom
Actor Singer

Susan B. Anthony (Susan Brownell Anthony)

United states of america
Suffragette Human rights activist Suffragist Feminist

Susan Hayward

United states of america
Actor Stage actor Model Television actor Film actor

Antonia Susan Byatt (Antonia Susan Drabble)

United kingdom
Writer Poet University teacher Literary critic Novelist

Susan Rice

United states of america
Politician Diplomat Screenwriter

Susan Wojcicki

United states of america
Businessperson

Susan Collins (Susan Margaret Collins)

United states of america
Politician Director Congressional staff

Stockard Channing (Susan Antonia Williams Stockard)

United states of america
Stage actor Voice actor Television actor Film actor

There are more than 10 personalities with the first name Susan
Full list of personalities with the first name Susan

Film Actors and Actresses with the first name Susan

There are 3626 actors and actresses with the first name Susan

Susan Wokoma

Susan Loughnane

Susan Lay

Susan Snow

Susan Mary Ward

Susan Mcfadden

Susan Damon

Susan Heyward

Susan Silver

Susan Harrocks

Susan Hoecke

Susan Durbin

Susan Cagle

Susan Sideropoulos

Susan Dean

Susan Murphy

Susan Shepard

Susan Ward

Susan Laine

Susan Carol Oliver

Susan Kiskis

Susan Louise O'connor

Susan Barron

Susan May Pratt

Susan Smit

Susan Calman

Susan Mcmahon

Susan Aceron

Susan Ellis

Susan Vidler

There are more than 30 actors and actresses with the first name Susan
The full list of actors and actresses with the first name Susan

Rankings of first name SUSAN by country

Country ranking (boys)
Rank	Country	Year
No ranking of first name SUSAN (male) births over the last year available in each country

Country ranking (girls)
Rank	Country	Year
#658	Ireland	2019
#769	Denmark	2019
#1075	United State of America	2019
#1334	Alberta	2019
#1994	Brazil	2010
#2221	Germany	2018
#2629	Czechoslovakia	2016
#2890	Italy	2018
#3404	United Kingdom	2019
#3657	France	2019
#4099	Austria	2018