Suzan
given name · Latin script
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Suzan is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in China than in any other country. In Ireland it is the 12th most common given name. Recorded meaning: a female given name, meaning ardent, enthusiastic.
- TRTürkiye≈1 in 1.6K(inferred from the name graph)
- GBUnited Kingdom≈1 in 170as Susan
- IEIreland≈1 in 189as Susan
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 Suzan 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)
- #55 (measured from records)
- 7 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 652 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 1.6K (inferred from the name graph)
≈6,700,000 named Susan, est.
of 15M given names
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Türkiye, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Locally spelled Susan in US United States, GB United Kingdom, PH Philippines and 4 more and Suzanne in SE Sweden.
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)
a female given name, meaning ardent, enthusiastic.
Sources 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Suzan 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 | — | ≈6,700,000 est. | ≈1 in 209 | — | Susan | 90 |
| US United States | #19 | 979,771as Susan | 1 in 340 | 979K | Susan | 652 |
| GB United Kingdom | #16 | ≈390,000 est. | ≈1 in 170 | 27 | Susan | 381 |
| EG Egypt | #159 | ≈180,000 est. | ≈1 in 576 | listed | Susan | 74 |
| PH Philippines | #104 | ≈170,000 est. | ≈1 in 629 | — | Susan | 146 |
| TR Türkiye | #389 | ≈52,000 est. | ≈1 in 1.6K | — | Suzan | 86 |
| SE Sweden | #329 | 51,220as Susanne | 1 in 199 | 51K | Suzanne | 103 |
| DK Denmark | #158 | 29,668as Susanne | 1 in 198 | 30K | Susan | 128 |
| IE Ireland | #12 | ≈27,000 est. | ≈1 in 189 | — | Susan | 152 |
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); Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population); Danmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts). 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)
Suzan is also recorded in 2 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In Turkish, 1. Yakan, yakıcı. 2. Ateşli, coşkulu.
as a wordTDK Kişi Adları Sözlüğü (official Turkish given-name dictionary)
In Serbo-Croatian, tearful
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)
- Suzan Kahramanerb. 1913TRTurkish mathematician (1913–2006)
- Suzan Avcıb. 1937TRTurkish actor (born 1937)
- Suzan Farmerb. 1942GBBritish actress (1942–2017)
- Suzan Shown Harjob. 1945USCheyenne-Holdulgee Muscogee activist, poet, writer, lecturer, and curator (born 1945)
- Suzan DelBeneb. 1962USAmerican politician
- Suzan Anbehb. 1970DEGerman actress
- Suzan van der Wielenb. 1971NLDutch field hockey player
- Lies Visschedijkb. 1974NLnot in their usual nameDutch actress (born 1974)
- Suzanne Tamimb. 1977LBnot in their usual nameLebanese singer (1977-2008)
- Suzan Lamensb. 1999NLDutch tennis player
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).
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 73 sources across 38 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 11K | #2,378 |
| SE Sweden | Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population) | — | 794 | #2,002 |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2020 | 690 | — |
| DK Denmark | Danmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts) | — | 366 | #692 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 15 | #2,378 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2024 | 5 | — |
| GB United Kingdom | NRS — Baby names Scotland full list (1974–present) | 1977 | 3 | #510 |
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
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- Тахиров, Речник на турските лични имена в България
- Ethiopian name tokens (GitHub lehagere/ethiopian-names, 40/60 condominium list)
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 does the name Suzan mean, and where does it come from?
- a female given name, meaning ardent, enthusiastic. Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- Is Suzan a male or female name?
- Suzan 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 are other forms of the name Suzan?
- In the etymology graph, Susan, Suzanne and Susanne are forms of the same name in other languages.
- In which country does Suzan have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 6.7 million people named Susan in China, more than in any other country we hold.
- How common is the name Suzan?
- In the United States, the national register counted 979,771 people named Susan in 2020, about 1 in 340 residents.
- How common is Suzan compared with other names?
- In Ireland, Suzan is the 12th most common given name of 14,976 given names recorded there.
What do you want to know about Suzan?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/suzanThe same 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), and bulk access is licensed separately.
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, “Suzan” — the 12th most common given name in Ireland. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.