Susanne

Where Susanne comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Susanne.

  • German
  • 2 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Susanne through the years
  1. 1881
    First appearance
    #830 among girls with 5 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1946
    Peak, #279
    680 babies named Susanne, its best rank.
  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.