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I definitely prefer Suzanne to Susan as it seems less dated to me too. Still, I prefer Susanna overall. I love the lightness of it. I've only known one Susanne, however, it was spelled like this. I've never known any Susannas / Susannahs and too many Susans to count.

I think it's pretty. I've known a few, though most not so well. Would be refreshing to see since it's not overdone and regardless of whether it's dated or not, I like it way better than Susan anyway.

I really, really like it. Suzanne might be my favorite Su- name, although I do like strong, calm Susan and spunky, pretty-girl Susanna, too. Suzanne's vibe just appeals to me the most. I think it's smooth, chic, sophisticated, and confident. Of the three, I see Susanna as the softest, but the sharper, harder sounds of Suzanne and Susan are actually part of their charm, at least to me.

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Susan and Suzanne are both dated but neither is unusable today.

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I don't like the Z in there. I prefer Susannah You said you like Suzanne because it's softer than Susannah, but I find the Z makes it look harsher and they sound about the same to me.

Although I prefer Susanna, I've been thinking about Suzanne a lot lately, and I've determined that I love it. It's sleek, chic, cheeky, and sophisticated, and it has much more flair than Susan.

I can understand people who think Suzanne sounds more dated than Susan. Suzanne has a 70s funk about it, while Susan has a soft Anglo sound that could easily come into popularity again.

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That said, I kinda like the funk of Suzanne - the 'z' and the 'e' look good together, and Suzy is probably my favourite spelling of Susie - it's so neat and pert.

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I don't agree with you that's it's softer than Susanna(h). In Anne, you have to put more emphasis on the A - Aaann, whereas in Anna, the second syllable offsets it, makes it lighter: a-na. I find Anna much softer and prettier than Anne, and would always use Susanna/Rosanna/Marianna etc over the -anne variant.

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I'm one of the many people who love Susannah, and would use it in real life. Sigh, before I joined this board I thought I was unique liking it. Especially with the 'h' spelling. But nope.

To me, Suzanne sounds more dated than Susan. Even though Susan was more popular, I don't know of any. I know of several Suzannes and they're all over the age of 50.

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Susan and Susannah both sounds softer than Suzanne to me.

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I strongly prefer Susannah to both Susan and Suzanne. Suzanne is my least favorite of the three, probably because of its harsh sound.

I like Suzanne, not enough to use, but it's a nice enough name. I know one who is French and 30-something and I've met a few others, mostly middle-aged - it peaked in the 70s here, but was top 100 in the 50s and 60s. So yup, maybe a bit dated - but there are Suzannes in my family tree in the 1500s, so it's not dated like fad names.

I don't think so. It's funny I never would've considered Susan to be a dated name and when I started coming here, people would call it that. Then I looked at the stats and it really does makes sense. But the only Susan I've ever known is my second cousin, who's my age. So I don't associate it with any age of person, it's just a nice fresh, springy feeling name to me.

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Suzanne, on the other hand, feels a bit dated. I'd imagine a Suzanne to be more my mom's age. But I like Suzanne, it's pretty but very down-to-earth. I went to high school with one a few classes younger than me and she had great frizzy blonde hair and was one of those does every activity and is good at it girls. I thought it fit her very well. It's also my cousin's middle name (also my age).

This message was edited 7/1/2012, 3:15 PM

I think Suzanne is my favorite of the Sue names. I don't know as I'd call it dated or not-dated. I went to school with a Suzanne, she'd be a year or two younger than me now. And there is a girl who works at the nail salon I go to who calls herself Suzanne. She speaks very little English, and I imagine that Suzanne is just something she calls herself for business purposes. Most of the people who work there are fairly recent immigrants from Vietnam and they call themselves Johnny, Lisa, Tracy and Vicki. Also a girl there is named Yao, but she doesn't use an American name.

Very dated to me. I don't care for it much at all. I think Susanna (Susannah) is softer than Suzanne personally.

I like Susan. I actually think that Susan has a softer sound than Suzanne. I like the Susannah name too. I am not a big fan of the name Suzanne though

I like Suzanne more than Susan, but I like Susannah more than either one. Yes, Suzanne is less dated than Susan.

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I know of one Suzanne, my half sister through my father. I say I "know of" her rather than "know" her, because I never had a relationship with her and I've seen her maybe three times in my life, and at all of those times we refused to acknowledge each other's existence. It's a bad association, yet I still can acknowledge that Suzanne is a nice name.

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My youngest sister would have liked to name a daughter Susanna or Susannah (not sure which spelling she liked more), but felt that she couldn't because of our half sister Suzanne.

I like it, but I like Susannah more. I agree that it's not as dated as Susan, and that it has a softer sound.

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I know one Suzanne in her 20's. She wears it well.