Susanna or similar

Margaret is excellent. Can be Meg, Maggie, Greta, and even Daisy.

Btw I think Susanna Ellen or Susanna Margaret to honour family would be lovely, although I also don’t dislike Xanthe or Elowen - they just don’t feel as classic/timeless as Susanna to me (which is a quality I love in a name).

Hannah is pleasant enough but a little dull, Ellen is also a bit “middle aged” as a first name for me and Maja feels too exotic imo - unless you have obvious links to the European countries it’s more commonplace in.

Susanna is lovely - I like how it is classic, elegant and yet underused so feels fairly timeless.

Zanna is a great nn - I don’t see why you have to spell it the less traditional Suzanna way to use Zanna since the sound is still in “Susanna” too.

Unlike some pp I personally prefer Shakespeare’s Susanna spelling over Susannah too (isn’t Susanna the original Biblical spelling too? Where did the one with the “h” come from? ) Susanna just looks more streamlined and chic imo.

Hannah is beautiful. Allegra is classy. I also like Cora and know an amazing Claudia.

Suzanna/susanna - actually quite like it
Xanthe - I love it
Elowen - will they call her 'ello'
Hannah - sturdy but nothing special
Ellen - bit old fashioned for me and a bit bla
Maja - getting popular

Susanna is lovely.

I love Susanna, and Zanna is fine as a short,

You can't go wrong with those.

I like Susanna and Suzanne best.
Followed by Hannah and Ellen.

How is Maja pronounced?

Do you like Alanna?

All lovely.

I like Suzanna, not too many around either. How about Marianna, Clara, Sylvia?

I wanted Susannah for daughter, husband said no, boo! If it helps, I also liked Gabriella and Tabitha.

Susanna - really like. Prefer Susannah
Suzanna (really like Zanna as a nickname) looks wrong to me
Xanthe - not keen
Elowen - not keen
Hannah - family name historically- lovely name
Ellen - family name historically- not keen
Maja - more interesting version of Margaret also a family name - not keen

Susannah and Hannah are both my favourites, lovely classic names.

Susanna
Suzanna (really like Zanna as a nickname)
Xanthe
Elowen
Hannah - family name historically
Ellen - family name historically
Maja - more interesting version of Margaret also a family name

I love your list! In particular Elowen, that sounds really pretty

I like it, I also like Suzy
How about Zusa? I think it's the eastern European equivalent. Was one of the little girls in 'it's a wonderful life' too lovely film

When I lived in Spain Susana was always my favorite female name.

Hannah

Susannah is just beautiful.

Probably my favourite girls name but unusable in my family due to our surname.

Classic, elegant, strong, feminine, underused, modern, timeless and current; works for a child and an adult.

I’m jealous it’s a contender for you.

Same same but different:

Zephyrine
Melissa
Allegra
Diana
Athena
Felicity

(edit: I clearly like ancient names and those that end in ‘a’!)

Susanna is lively.
what about Melissa?

Susanna / Suzanna - lovely name and underused at the moment but every other lady in their 50’s seems to be some version of Sue / Susie / Susan, so Zanna is a lovely variation.

Xanthe - not keen - a bit pretentious to me

Elowen - pretty as long as you don’t mind Ellie (which is the Sue of this generation I think!)

Hannah - love, this seems quite classic and classy rather than dated to me.

Ellen - lovely. As it’s 2 syllables I don’t think it will automatically become Ellie, and you’ve got Nell / Nellie as alternative nn’s if wanted.

Maja - nice if you don’t mind spelling / pronunciation mix ups with Maya / Mia etc

Susanna - OK, prefer Susie as a nickname, Zanna feels a bit try-hard somehow
Suzanna - prefer the other spelling
Xanthe - nice if a Greek connection
Elowen - not sure, can’t make my mind up!
Hannah - lovely
Ellen - lovely
Maja - not keen, looks like “major” to me, but I do really like Margaret

@ZwarteZwaan , yes. It's El-OW-en but you'll get people stressing the first syllable because of names like Eleanor, Elodie etc.

@redtrain123 , it's Cornish.

Prefer Suzanne to Susanna
Elowen is really lovely to look at written down but I’ve never met one and not sure how to pronounce it (in my head it’s something like “L-O-en”)

Susanna - prefer Z spelling
Suzanna (really like Zanna as a nickname), or Suzanne?
Xanthe - not to my taste
Elowen. - nice, sounds Welsh
Hannah - family name historically, nice
Ellen - family name historically , not keen
Maja - more interesting version of Margaret also a family name, - pronounced Maya? Or Ma-Ja?

suggestions
Lucinda
Vanessa
Gemma
Christina
Katerina
Cassandra
Eleanor
Louella

I like Susana (spelled that way) but I do pronounce it with an s noise not a z noise. Many people use a z noise so you will need to know which way you say it.

Eliza
Alana
Anna
Eloise