Sue
given name · Latin script
Meaning: 2 Short form of Susan and, less commonly, of Susanna and Suzanne
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/suː/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Sue is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in China than in any other country. In Singapore it is the 50th most common given name.
- AUAustralia≈1 in 684(inferred from the name graph)
- NZNew Zealand≈1 in 914
- GBUnited Kingdom≈1 in 1.1K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Sue itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- China (inferred from the name graph)
- #381 (measured from records)
- 3 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 575 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 684 (inferred from the name graph)
≈1,100,000 people, est.
of 15M given names
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Australia, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Locally spelled Su in TW Taiwan.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
2 Short form of Susan and, less commonly, of Susanna and Suzanne. Variants: Su, Soo. Sukie Pet form of Susan, very common in the 18th century, but now rare. Variant: Sukey. Summer ° Mainly U.S.: from the vocabulary word for the season (Old English sumor), used in modern times as a given name because of its pleasant associations. Nevertheless, the name Autumn is now more common.
Sources 1
- A concise dictionary of first names
Attested across 21 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Sue counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CN China | — | ≈1,100,000 est. | ≈1 in 1.3K | — | Sue | 169 |
| US United States | #166 | 99,611 | 1 in 3.3K | 99K | Sue | 575 |
| GB United Kingdom | #179 | ≈59,000 est. | ≈1 in 1.1K | 733 | Sue | 307 |
| VN Vietnam | — | ≈41,000 est. | ≈1 in 2.4K | listed | Sue | 53 |
| AU Australia | #103 | ≈37,000 est. | ≈1 in 684 | 83 | Sue | 258 |
| MY Malaysia | #103 | ≈25,000 est. | ≈1 in 1.3K | — | Sue | 106 |
| TW Taiwan | — | ≈22,000 est. | ≈1 in 1.1K | — | Su | 182 |
| NZ New Zealand | #100 | ≈5,400 est. | ≈1 in 914 | 14 | Sue | 154 |
| SG Singapore | #50 | ≈4,500 est. | ≈1 in 1.4K | — | Sue | 110 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; Surnames of England and Wales (taliesin-arlein.net, Sept 2002 electoral register); NSW BDM — Popular baby names (1952–present); DIA — Baby name popularity (1900–present). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Sue is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In English, To file a legal action against someone, generally a non-criminal (civil) action.
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In English, variant of Susan
as a nameBaby names, 25,350 baby names nicknames for your family, friends pets, including the top 100 names, 2,000 most popular…
In kr, before. burgurdm, s. the place, or court, where cases of oppression
as a wordKanuri-English Vocabulary (in African Native Literature)
English: short form of SUSAN and, less commonly, of SUSANNA and SUZANNE . In the past couple of decades it has sometimes been used as an independent name. Variants: Su, Soo .
as a word
In Latin, second-person singular present active imperative of suō
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Sue Carolb. 1906USAmerican actress, talent agent (1906–1982)
- Carolyn Jonesb. 1930USnot in their usual nameAmerican actress (1930–1983)
- Tovah Feldshuhb. 1952USnot in their usual nameAmerican actress
- Kate Capshawb. 1953USnot in their usual nameAmerican actress who converted to Judaism
- Karen Penceb. 1957USnot in their usual nameSecond Lady of the United States from 2017 to 2021
- Sue Gardnerb. 1967CACanadian journalist
- Sue Birdb. 1980USAmerican basketball player (born 1980)
- Danica Patrickb. 1982USnot in their usual nameAmerican racecar driver (born 1982)
- Mika Booremb. 1987USnot in their usual nameAmerican actress
- Bindi Irwinb. 1998AUnot in their usual nameAustralian conservationist and television personality
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 74 sources across 35 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 99K | #551 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 649 | #551 |
| AU Australia | AU state BDM — consolidated top baby names (NSW + SA + QLD) | 1958 | 83 | #97 |
| AU Australia | NSW BDM — Popular baby names (1952–present) | 1958 | 83 | #97 |
| NZ New Zealand | DIA — Baby name popularity (1900–present) | 1969 | 14 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2025 | 11 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1996 | 11 | — |
| GB United Kingdom | NRS — Baby names Scotland full list (1974–present) | 1986 | 4 | #485 |
| AU Australia | Australian national given names (aggregated state BDM) | 1983 | 3 | — |
| AU Australia | SA BDM — Popular baby names South Australia (1944–present) | 2012 | 1 | — |
| AU Australia | SA BDM — Popular baby names South Australia (1944–present) | 1974 | 1 | — |
| GB United Kingdom | NISRA — Baby names Northern Ireland full list (1997–present) | 2002 | — | — |
Reference works 6
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Nişanyan Adlar (Turkish given-name national-registry frequency)
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- Where does the name Sue come from?
- 2 Short form of Susan and, less commonly, of Susanna and Suzanne. Variants: Su, Soo. Sukie Pet form of Susan, very common in the 18th century, but now rare. Variant: Sukey. Recorded by A concise dictionary of first names.
- What are other forms of the name Sue?
- In the etymology graph, Susie, Suzette and Suzy are forms of the same name in other languages; it is recorded as a short form of Susanna.
- Is Sue a male or female name?
- Sue is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- What does the name Sue mean?
- Recorded meaning: 2 Short form of Susan and, less commonly, of Susanna and Suzanne.
- How do you pronounce Sue?
- A machine transcription gives /suː/ (IPA) for English.
- In which country does Sue have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 1.1 million people named Sue in China, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled sue.
- How common is the name Sue?
- In the United States, the national register counted 99,611 people named Sue in 2020, about 1 in 3.3 thousand residents.
- How common is Sue compared with other names?
- In Singapore, Sue is the 50th most common given name of 52,448 given names recorded there.
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/sueThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Sue” — the 50th most common given name in Singapore. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.