Entry № 2328 · English, Hebrew origin

Susan Susan — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ SOO-zan /
Gender
Girl
Origin
English, Hebrew
Meaning
"Lily (Susan B. Anthony; Susan Sontag)"
Syllables
2
Rank · US 2025
№ 0
First recorded
Medieval (English)

A name that means "lily (susan b. anthony; susan sontag)".

Susan is from the Hebrew *Shoshannah* (lily). **Susan B. Anthony (1820-1906)** — **American suffragist who alongside Elizabeth Cady Stanton founded the National Woman Suffrage Association**, was arrested in 1872 for voting illegally, and whose face appears on the US dollar coin. **Susan Sontag (1933-2004)** — **American essayist and cultural critic whose *Notes on "Camp"* (1964), *Against Interpretation* (1966), *On Photography* (1977), and *Illness as Metaphor* (1978) reshaped 20th-century criticism**. **Cancer Diary author and AIDS activist.**

Subject of countless biographies and a 2014 HBO documentary.

Lily. Susan B. Anthony's vote in 1872; Susan Sontag's essays reshaped 20th-century criticism.

The name in its native script.

Susan
Transliteration
Susan
Pronunciation
/ ˈsuː.zən /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Susan stands.

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

Susans before her.

Real people
Susan B. Anthony
American suffragist.
1820 – 1906
Susan Sontag
American essayist.
1933 – 2004
In fiction
Susan
C.S. Lewis's Narnia.
1950

Names connected to Susan.

The number behind Susan.

4

The Builder

Susan reduces to four — the number of lily.

Why families chose this name.

"Anthony and Sontag. Five letters. Susan."
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