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Help[Opinions] Re: Susanna Chloe Anne
in reply to a message by Janan
Susanna is my name. I like it fine. I've never had any mean comments, bullying or anything negative from it. I don't like the nicknames Sue and Susie and that is what people will 99.9% in English settings try to default to. A name beyond two syllables, you're always gonna be fighting to either use your preferred nn (like me) and/or stop unwanted nns. Don't get me started on Suze / Sooz etc. I haaaaate that.
I prefer Susannah. My parents chose Susanna because of our cultural backgrounds / they felt it was more multilingual, maybe they felt the 'h' redundant. But I flip-flop between preferring my version of the name and thinking the 'h' completes it... atm, I'm leaning towards feeling Susannah looks better than my version. Ask me in two weeks and I'll be back to preferring mine.
All in all I think it's a comfortable sounding name that's done me well, imho as a Susanna. Regardless of whether we're going for lily, rose, or lotus, the meaning is nice. It's a cute flower. It's neither super rare or comment-worthy or super common where I am, but it's familiar - people know the name, even if they don't know a Susanna. I was the only Susanna in school, am usually the only Susanna in the workplace, but I worked with several Susan/Suzannes and I'll occasionally come across people who know another Susanna(h), or even actually another Susanna(h), it's a nice balance of name frequency. It's not trendy but never been popular enough to become an overused classic (again, where I am). It works in a lot of languages. I honestly can't complain. Apart from the spelling thing (to h or not to h, one n or two), which is minor, and the abundance of nicknames I just don't like, which is less minor.
I'm not a fan of Chloe at all, it's not my style. But it's not the worst name ever, and I think Susanna Chloe works... fine? I'd agree that Chloe + surname-ending-in-lee ain't great, but I'm not sure how I feel about Susanna and two middle names. Maybe it'd be fine, but I'm used to people already acting like Susanna 'needs' to be shortened, part of me feels like one mn is fine and two is too much name... but I'm also aware that's probably a weird bias formed from a lifetime of unwanted nicknaming. And even if it IS "too much name", that's just my perception, if you want two mns, you want two mns.
That said, I would never stick Anne on the end. As far as I'm concerned, Susanna's already got an Anne sound right there, I don't think another one works well as a middle name.
I prefer Susannah. My parents chose Susanna because of our cultural backgrounds / they felt it was more multilingual, maybe they felt the 'h' redundant. But I flip-flop between preferring my version of the name and thinking the 'h' completes it... atm, I'm leaning towards feeling Susannah looks better than my version. Ask me in two weeks and I'll be back to preferring mine.
All in all I think it's a comfortable sounding name that's done me well, imho as a Susanna. Regardless of whether we're going for lily, rose, or lotus, the meaning is nice. It's a cute flower. It's neither super rare or comment-worthy or super common where I am, but it's familiar - people know the name, even if they don't know a Susanna. I was the only Susanna in school, am usually the only Susanna in the workplace, but I worked with several Susan/Suzannes and I'll occasionally come across people who know another Susanna(h), or even actually another Susanna(h), it's a nice balance of name frequency. It's not trendy but never been popular enough to become an overused classic (again, where I am). It works in a lot of languages. I honestly can't complain. Apart from the spelling thing (to h or not to h, one n or two), which is minor, and the abundance of nicknames I just don't like, which is less minor.
I'm not a fan of Chloe at all, it's not my style. But it's not the worst name ever, and I think Susanna Chloe works... fine? I'd agree that Chloe + surname-ending-in-lee ain't great, but I'm not sure how I feel about Susanna and two middle names. Maybe it'd be fine, but I'm used to people already acting like Susanna 'needs' to be shortened, part of me feels like one mn is fine and two is too much name... but I'm also aware that's probably a weird bias formed from a lifetime of unwanted nicknaming. And even if it IS "too much name", that's just my perception, if you want two mns, you want two mns.
That said, I would never stick Anne on the end. As far as I'm concerned, Susanna's already got an Anne sound right there, I don't think another one works well as a middle name.
This message was edited 4/15/2025, 2:11 PM
