Suzanne

Personally I feel like this name works better as a middle name than a first name however it is adorable! I would call them susie for short, I do really love this name but it’s just not for a first name in my opinion.

I like Susannah but not Suzanne.

I love it! This is my mom’s name and she loves it! It means “graceful lily” and my mom is very graceful! It’s a tad bit old but my love for my mom and this name will never end! I love you SO SO SO much mom! Your name is just as beautiful as you! 🩷.

One of my favorite professors and one of my coworkers are named Suzanne. I can’t remember if it was always my favorite form of this name, but it is now because of them. My name is one with no real correct spelling or pronunciation, just a bunch of very similar versions in different languages, so I actually get more annoyed when I take in mail at work for “Susan” or “Susanna” than when people “misspell” my own name!

Leonard Cohen's Suzanne is such a heavenly soul tugging song that I find it impossible to dislike this name.

Unfortunately, there are WAY too many ways to get this name wrong. I know someone named Suzanne. She goes by Suzie or just Suzanne. Her name is not Susan, or Sue, but people still assume that is her name. Sometimes, she's been called Susanna or Sue Ann. She's even been called 'Suzanne', but pronounced "sue-ZAHN" rather than "sue-ZANNE". If people can figure out how to say her name correctly, they usually can't figure out how to spell it. Susanna is more common.

The Leonard Cohen song will always make me love this name.

I like this name! It has class! Quite rare these days, not used much at all! Suzanne, such a beautiful name!

Very classy and intelligent-sounding, and I much prefer this to Susan and Susanne.

It's better than "Susan".

Suzanne is a disgusting name. It's hideous and Susan is much prettier.

I love this name, and Susanna. Suzanne and Susanna are better than any old Susan.

There's a city in Canada called Sault Ste. Marie, and that city name's pronunciation sounds so similar to the first and middle name of somebody from Three's Company fame, especially noting since I used to go there every Summer.

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But one thing that baffles me, is that I never see any lily pads on the St. Mary's River, the river that goes through that city, if you think about the ancient meaning of Sue-based names.

After reading other comments about how other people named Suzanne hate being called 'Susan', it perplexes me. Besides, I regard Susan and Suzanne as the same name, even with pronunciation and spelling differences both applying. Also, if you ask me, comparing the names Susan and Suzanne is like comparing a ZIP file to uncompressed data. In a way, if people named Suzanne hate being called Susan, I guess that's similar to if you were to say: that people who want to copy data to their computer hard drive hate the confusion of having to use a special program to read data if it's compressed (e.g. using WinZip to read it if it ends in. ZIP).

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This might sound like a nutty analogy, but I can explain more if others don't understand it.

My name is Marie and I hate to be called Mary. Susan and Suzanne and completely different and said differently. Everyone deserves to have their name said correctly or as correct as possible.

I am a Suzanne who HATES to be called Susan.
I am not Susan nor Shoshanna nor Zuzanna nor Lily. Suzanne is my name. If someone calls me Susan I think a) they can't read, b) they can't spell, and c) they don't care enough to learn my actual name. In short, I think they're not very bright.

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And yes, it is a nutty analogy.
I am not a robot.

I chose the username SupremoZanne on some websites as a nod to singer/songwriter Suzanne Vega, since this singer/songwriter of Tom's Diner and Luka fame would also be touted as 'mother of the MP3', since I'm also an advocate for the MP3 file format.

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A few weird experiences I had in life kinda had some references to the name Suzanne, and its cognates, such as Susan, and they feel important to me. When I watched the movie What About Bob, it felt like therapy to me, and I found it so intriguing to see some characters named "The Gutmans" portrayed by an actor named Tom, and an actress named Susan, and it gave me the impression that the names Tom and Susan/Suzanne might go hand-in-hand instead of just being two independently common names of male and female genres respectively.

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As a vacationer who used to go to Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, sometimes the sound of that location name kinda programmed my psyche to point to the name Suzanne, whether directly or indirectly.

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Another thing I found rather intriguing, is that I knew somebody named Suzanne who drove a Lincoln Continental model of car, and after a while, I realized, that the make and model name of that car is both an homage to Leonard Cohen's initials (since he had a song titled Suzanne), as well as an homage to Suzanne Vega's birthdate (July 11), since Lincoln is 7 letters long, and Continental is 11 letters long.

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Since my username is just an homage to a singer/songwriter historical figure, I shall not disclose my real name, and I don't even want to disclose my IRL gender either, but I am just intrigued to have discovered this website while my mind has a weird obsession on this name.

My given name is Suzanne but my mother nicknamed me Zanny. My mother is Susan and the name Suzanne is a family name. When I was a little girl, I hated my name. Now that I am an adult, I have embraced my name and I get complimented on it daily!

I was named Suzanne and love my name, however, here in the United States I am continually called "Susan" which isn't my name! Is anyone else experiencing this? From 2002-2010, I visited very close friends in Germany. There I was called "Susanna", which I prefer to Susan... Let's see how the Scots pronounce my name when I travel this month to Scotland.

I love this so much, and I am planning to name my baby Suzanne in the next 4 months to come. Can't wait to name her.

Suzanne is very lovely, elegant, and sophisticated. However, I am willing to admit that my perception may be biased, as it was my paternal grandmother's name. Funnily enough, her maiden name was Summers (but not Somers. That really would be something!). No one ever seems to believe me when I tell them Suzanne Summers is my grandma. ;-)

This is my name, I was born in the UK in 1964. I love my name and like the other Suzanne's posting here, can not bear to be wrongly called Susan! It is a totally different name, and nowhere near as nice.

Suzanne is my middle name. I believe it's a great name and it very much compliments my first name Christina. I was named after Suzanne Somers from Three's Company, which is my father's favorite show from his childhood. My nickname 'Chrissy', short for Christina, also comes from this show as the name is the name of the character Suzanne Somers plays. I don't hear the name often anymore but it would be a great middle name or name to choose if you are looking for something classy and mature. ♡♡♡♥♥♥.

My mother's name. It really is a lovely and underrated name, strange in that it's both a decidedly French and quintessentially American name. Easily one of my all-time favorite names.

I like it much more than Susan. It has a bit more spunk.

Took a while to grow on me, I like it now. I don't like any of the nicknames though.

My name is Suzanne but I have never come across anyone my age named this. Today still in France, Suzanne is more often used than in England. I feel my name is kind of plain but WAY better than Susan! When I heard the manager of 'The Jackson 5' was called Suzanne De Passe, I felt so proud sharing my name with the person who managed the greatest and my most favourite band ever!

Sounds smart and busy, with strong emotional views. Slightly abandoned from the rest of the 'Susan' family, as if it was forced to develop its own life.

This is my middle name. Although I'm supposed to be named after my aunt, Susan. But wow. I always thought it was kinda plain, but then as I got older, I started to love it and I wanted people to call me by this name. But I guess there isn't enough room in my family for two "Susie's". Lol

Suzanne is my name. As an elementary schooler, I was called Suzanne. Through middle and high schools, I was called Sue. Now as a (quasi)adult, I prefer Suzanne again. I HATE being called "Susan"; it's not my name, never has been, never will be. I like my name!

This is my name and I like it. The only bad thing about it is the nicknames. I can't stand Sue, Suzie, or Susan. The only nickname associated that I don't mind is Suze.

One of my closest friends is called Suzanne, I generally call her Suzi but I know 2 Suzis so it gets a bit confusing and I find myself shortening both their names and then the other. I have yet to find a codename that fits. Anyways, Suzanne as a name is okay. I probably wouldn't choose it for my own child. Well I don't believe you should name a child before it's born but after so you can see if the name fits. But on another this name is good, with all of the nicknames you get from it.

This is my mother's name, and I've always thought it was beautiful. She recently died, and when asked a few weeks before what flowers she would like at her service, she said "lily of the valley." It was only afterwards that I found a card at a religious bookstore with the name "Suzanne" and "Lily of the Valley" as its meaning. She will have a bouquet of these lovely flowers at her memorial service. She also went by Suzy, Suzie, Sue.

Suzanne is a very good name, because although it's not overly popular, people will still recognize it and not mispronounce it or misspell it. It's also fits both young girls, as Suzy, and adults, as Suzanne. And it sounds smart, pretty, and sophisticated.

Suzanne is my name, I'm almost 20 and I love my name. So many nicknames can be derived from it. Susie, Sue, Susie Q, Mustang Susie. The best part about it is that I don't personally know anyone else with my name.

Very pretty name.

I do not like this name. It sounds childish for an adult to have, especially by the nickname Suzy.