Entry № 2306 · English, Hebrew origin

Sue Sue — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ SOO /
Gender
Girl
Origin
English, Hebrew
Meaning
"Lily (Sue Bird, all-time WNBA assists leader)"
Syllables
1
Rank · US 2025
№ 0
First recorded
Medieval (English)

A name that means "lily (sue bird, all-time wnba assists leader)".

Sue is the English short form of Susan / Susannah — from the Hebrew *Shoshana* ("lily"). **A top-100 US baby name from 1939 to 1963**. **Sue Bird (born 1980)** — **American professional basketball player; four-time WNBA champion (Seattle Storm 2004, 2010, 2018, 2020); five-time Olympic gold medalist (most by any US basketball player male or female); the all-time WNBA assists leader; 13-time WNBA All-Star — also a record**. **Played for UConn (two NCAA titles); the only basketball player to win an NCAA, EuroLeague, WNBA, and Olympic championship**. **Engaged to soccer star Megan Rapinoe in 2020**; the two were on the cover of *ESPN The Magazine* Body Issue together. **Sue Grafton (1940-2017)** — American mystery novelist of the Alphabet Mysteries (*A is for Alibi* through *Y is for Yesterday*). **Sue Storm** — *Fantastic Four*. **Sue Lyon** — *Lolita* (1962).

Subject of countless WNBA retrospectives.

Lily. Five Olympic golds — most ever by a US basketball player; four WNBA titles; all-time assists leader.

The name in its native script.

Sue
Transliteration
Sue
Pronunciation
/ suː /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Sue stands.

Current rank · 2025
№ 0 in the U.S.
All-time peak
№ 32 in 1948
Babies named Sue · last year
92 in the U.S.
First entered SSA top-1000
1880
Rank, 1995–2025 Lower = more popular
№25 №75 №150 №250 1995 2005 2015 2020 2025 PEAK · #32 NOW · —

Sues before her.

Real people
Sue Bird
American WNBA legend.
born 1980
Sue Grafton
American mystery novelist.
1940 – 2017
In fiction
Sue Storm
Fantastic Four.
1961

Names connected to Sue.

The number behind Sue.

1

The Pioneer

Sue reduces to one — the number of five Olympic golds.

Why families chose this name.

"Bird's lily. Three letters. Sue."
Catherine · Mother of one · Syosset