Susanne

Where Susanne comes from

The dictionaries list Susanne as a given name — a female given name from German [in turn from Ancient Greek, in turn from Hebrew], variant of Susan — but don't trace where it came from. The record below is what the SSA data shows.

  • German
  • 2 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1881
    First appearance
    #830 among girls, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1946
    Peak, #279
    680 babies named Susanne — more than any year before or since.
  3. 1956
    Susanne Blakeslee born
    American voice, stage and musical theatre actress
  4. 1960
    Susanne Bier born
    Danish film director
  5. 1974
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #545.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from German [in turn from Ancient Greek, in turn from Hebrew], variant of Susan.
Namesakes
  • Susanne Blakeslee · American voice, stage and musical theatre actress, born 1956
  • Susanne Bier · Danish film director, born 1960
  • Susanne Langer · American philosopher, 1895–1985
  • Susanne Lothar · German actress, 1960–2012
  • Susanne Georgi · Danish singer, born 1976

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.