Susanna
given name · Latin script
Meaning: Susanna is a classic and gentle biblical name meaning "lily"
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/suˈzænə/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Susanna is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Finland than in any other country.
- FIFinland1 in 98(measured from records)
- SESweden1 in 782
- USUnited States1 in 18K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Finland (measured from records)
- 5 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 161 (measured from records)
- 1 in 98 (inferred from the name graph)
56,760 people
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Finland
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
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)
Susanna is a classic and gentle biblical name meaning "lily." It evokes qualities of purity, beauty, devotion, and quiet strength. The biblical Susanna was a loyal and generous follower of Jesus, making the name a meaningful choice for a daughter.
Sources 1
- Biblical Names Compiled Database
Attested across 10 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Susanna 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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FI Finland | #118 | 56,760 | 1 in 98 | 67K | Susanna | 114 |
| ZA South Africa | — | ≈40,000 est. | ≈1 in 1.4K | — | Susanna | 12 |
| IT Italy | — | ≈24,000 est. | ≈1 in 2.6K | 40 | Susanna | 40 |
| US United States | — | 18,587 | 1 in 18K | 19K | Susanna | 161 |
| SE Sweden | #391 | 13,050 | 1 in 782 | 13K | Susanna | 80 |
| HK Hong Kong | #773 | ≈2,400 est. | ≈1 in 3K | — | Susanna | 15 |
56,760 people counted by DVV — Etunimitilasto (Finnish given names register). 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: DVV — Etunimitilasto (Finnish given names register); DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup); Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population); ISTAT — Contanomi newborn per-name series (1999–2024, JSONP backend). 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)
Susanna 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.
The name Susanna is of Hebrew origin, derived from the word "Shoshannah" (שׁוֹשַׁנָּה), which means "lily".
as a nameBiblical Names Compiled Database
In the Eastern Orthodox and Eastern Catholic traditions, Susanna is venerated as one of the Holy Myrrhbearers. The Myrrhbearers were the women who went to Jesus' tomb on Easter morning to anoint his body with spices and were the first to witness the empty tomb and learn of the Resurrection. This role makes her a key witness in the foundational event of Christianity.
as a nameBiblical Names Compiled Database
In Irish, Hebrew ‘lily’; introduced into Ireland by the Anglo-Normans and very popular in modern times.
as a nameIrish first names
New Testament form (Luke 8:3) of the Hebrew name Shoshana (from shoshan ‘lily’, which in modern Hebrew also means ‘rose’). Variant: Susana.
as a nameA concise dictionary of first names
In Italian, Dall'ebraico: «giglio».
as a nameDizionario Dei Nomi e Cognomi Italiani
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)
- Susanna Hallb. 1583GBeldest child and older daughter of William Shakespeare
- Susanna Agnellib. 1922ITItalian politician, businesswoman and writer (1922–2009)
- Susanna Kaysenb. 1948USAmerican writer
- Susanna Thompsonb. 1958USAmerican actress
- Susanna Clarkeb. 1959GBBritish author (1959-)
- Susanna Hoffsb. 1959USAmerican singer-songwriter, musician, and actress
- Susanna Whiteb. 1960GBBritish television director
- Daphne Guinnessb. 1967IEnot in their usual nameBritish and Irish artist and personality
- Tarja Turunenb. 1977FInot in their usual nameFinnish singer
- Erika Vikmanb. 1993FInot in their usual nameFinnish singer and songwriter
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 90 sources across 48 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FI Finland | DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup) | — | 67K | #18 |
| FI Finland | DVV — Etunimitilasto (Finnish given names register) | — | 57K | — |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 19K | #1,674 |
| SE Sweden | Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population) | — | 13K | #325 |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2020 | 6.5K | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2025 | 197 | — |
| IT Italy | ISTAT — Contanomi newborn per-name series (1999–2024, JSONP backend) | 2024 | 40 | #366 |
| FI Finland | DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup) | — | 20 | #20,169 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 12 | #1,674 |
Reference works 6
- 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)
- Cognomix.it (Nomix s.r.l.) — Italian surname origin dictionary
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
- What are other forms of the name Susanna?
- In the etymology graph, Susan, Suzanne and Susanne are forms of the same name in other languages; Sue, Sanna and Sukie are recorded short or pet forms.
- Where does the name Susanna come from?
- Susanna is a classic and gentle biblical name meaning "lily." It evokes qualities of purity, beauty, devotion, and quiet strength. Recorded by Biblical Names Compiled Database.
- What does the name Susanna mean?
- Recorded meaning: Susanna is a classic and gentle biblical name meaning "lily."
- Is Susanna a male or female name?
- Susanna 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.
- In which country does Susanna have the most bearers?
- In Finland, the national register counted about 57 thousand people named Susanna, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled susanna.
- Where is Susanna most common?
- Susanna is densest in Finland, where the national register counts about 1 in 98 people carrying it.
- How do you pronounce Susanna?
- A machine transcription gives /suˈzænə/ (IPA) for English.
- How common is the name Susanna?
- In Finland, the national register counted 56,760 people named Susanna, about 1 in 98 residents.
- How common is Susanna compared with other names?
- In Finland, Susanna is the 118th most common given name of 19,056 given names recorded there.
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/susannaThe 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, “Susanna” — the 118th most common given name in Finland. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.