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Help[Opinions] Re: Susan, Susannah, or Suzanne? (m)
in reply to a message by Billina
My favorite is Susannah, which is my top name and has been for eons. My second favorite is Susan, which I have always liked. I like it most as a middle name. Suzanne isn't a favorite, but I can kind of imagine it as a chic French person name.
I'm also surprised to hear that Susannah is perceived as "highfalutin." It seems the opposite to me.
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I'm also surprised to hear that Susannah is perceived as "highfalutin." It seems the opposite to me.
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I feel like it's supposed to seem like a sort of 19th c. fresh farm girl name. But it's the supposed-to impression ... it's not stuck up, it's not pompous, it's not pretentious, but I feel like it recalls a romanticized ideal too carefully and deliberately, and so it's not just being a nice traditional name. It says it's Special, but undercover of "just" being down-home ultra-traditional Susannah. I'm sure that's because it has been uncommon in my experience, or else always shortened to the actually down-home Sue or Susie. If it were more common, like Laura, I bet I wouldn't get that impression.
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