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Firebird83 · 2025-08-01T15:21:02+00:00

It would be short for Susanna or Susannah - not sure which spelling I prefer.

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Emanwenym · 02/08/2025 15:09

@GreenTurtles3 , Me too, but I think Suzie looks wrong and Suzy/Suzi seems dated.
I used to work with a Susie, and there's Susie Dent, so it doesn't seem twee at all.

GreenTurtles3 · 02/08/2025 15:04

I think it's lovely, very cute!

Calliopespa · 02/08/2025 15:03

LucasBuck · 02/08/2025 14:58

I don’t think Sue is inevitable when an adult as such. I only know of one older Susanna (in her 30’s -it really hasn’t been a popular name statistically so I don’t understand where all the dated comments are coming from 🤷‍♀️) and she goes by Suze. I suspect teenage or 20’s Susanna’s would more likely go by trendy Suki or possibly even international Sanne.

I do know what you mean by Sue seeming inevitable for Susan though- all the ones I’ve met in their 50’s- 70’s do seem to go by Sue.

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It was definitely common for the 60-70 year old crowd. So many Sues ...

LucasBuck · 02/08/2025 14:58

BoleynMemories13 · 02/08/2025 10:06

You misunderstood me. My Mum chooses to go by Sue because she detests Susan/Susie.

For what it's worth though, the names are all closely linked. So no, it's not 'Sue' but it's a bit like how people say "I don't like Izzy so we've ruled out Isabelle", or "I love Olivia but hate Liv/Livie". Nicknames do need to considered. Susie in itself will be a nickname if she's Susannah on the birth certificate but she probably won't be Susie forever. I can't imagine people will call her Sue as a young child, no, because Sue is quite a grown up sound. Sue is pretty inevitable as an adult though.

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I don’t think Sue is inevitable when an adult as such. I only know of one older Susanna (in her 30’s -it really hasn’t been a popular name statistically so I don’t understand where all the dated comments are coming from 🤷‍♀️) and she goes by Suze. I suspect teenage or 20’s Susanna’s would more likely go by trendy Suki or possibly even international Sanne.

I do know what you mean by Sue seeming inevitable for Susan though- all the ones I’ve met in their 50’s- 70’s do seem to go by Sue.

Tarkan · 02/08/2025 13:50

As long as you don’t mind people constantly misspelling it with a Z instead of an S in the middle. I speak from over 40 years of personal experience. BTW I think the S spelling is the best. 😁

whatacroc · 02/08/2025 13:22

I like it, prefer it spelt Suzie. Doesn't have to be a shortening of Susan or Suzanne etc as I think Suzie is perfectly suitable as a name in its own right.

LadyMonicaBaddingham · 02/08/2025 13:18

Susie is a lovely diminutive and I adore Susannah , very classy and ahead of the naming trends if that matters to you

Oceangrey · 02/08/2025 10:53

Yes I love it, due a comeback! Susannah/Susie

Awrite · 02/08/2025 10:42

Love Susannah. Also, Suzanne is a beautiful name too.

Suzi and Suze are cute nicknames.

Beautifulsunflowers · 02/08/2025 10:34

Love it!! It’s very pretty and nice that it’s a nn for a longer name so she has options.

Ikeameatballs · 02/08/2025 10:33

I love it!

Jessbow · 02/08/2025 10:31

Susannah is nice, Susie is sweet

The only Susannah that I know had a little sister who couldnt say her name. ''Nana'' stuck as a nick name!

Jamesblonde2 · 02/08/2025 10:08

Susannah is lovely and Susie for short.

BoleynMemories13 · 02/08/2025 10:06

peanutpancakes · 02/08/2025 09:10

Right, but it’s not Sue or Susan is it. It’s Susie, short for susanna(h) your mum is right, Sue is pretty dull but Susie is lovely. And before you say ‘but people will call her Sue’ no, they won’t if the name is Susie.

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You misunderstood me. My Mum chooses to go by Sue because she detests Susan/Susie.

For what it's worth though, the names are all closely linked. So no, it's not 'Sue' but it's a bit like how people say "I don't like Izzy so we've ruled out Isabelle", or "I love Olivia but hate Liv/Livie". Nicknames do need to considered. Susie in itself will be a nickname if she's Susannah on the birth certificate but she probably won't be Susie forever. I can't imagine people will call her Sue as a young child, no, because Sue is quite a grown up sound. Sue is pretty inevitable as an adult though.

peanutpancakes · 02/08/2025 09:10

BoleynMemories13 · 01/08/2025 17:34

My mum, as a Susan (who goes by Sue), would tell you this is most definitely not due a comeback any time soon (she hates her name bless her) but if you both love it that's all that matters.

You'll be ahead of the curve, as I give it another 20 years yet before Sue names start making a comeback (alongside Carol, Linda, Debbie, Sally, Sharon, Wendy etc).

Right, but it’s not Sue or Susan is it. It’s Susie, short for susanna(h) your mum is right, Sue is pretty dull but Susie is lovely. And before you say ‘but people will call her Sue’ no, they won’t if the name is Susie.

KingstonTown · 02/08/2025 09:05

My DD has Susannah as her middle name. I think it's a beautiful underused name.

2chocolateoranges · 02/08/2025 09:05

I know 3 people who have that name.

one is Susie and she is a Susan,

the other two are Suzy and suzie and they are both Suzanne’s,

all in their 30s and 40s,

HaveIBeenHereBefore · 02/08/2025 09:03

OneNeatBlueOrca · 02/08/2025 00:16

I really don't like it

Some eighties names just aren't due a comeback.

I think you'll find it's predominantly a fifties and sixties name, not eighties.

Calliopespa · 02/08/2025 02:28

It's quite a pretty name. Definitely dated, but not awful by any means.

Calliopespa · 02/08/2025 02:26

"Oooh Su-sann-a! Oh don't you cry for me./
For I come from Al-a-bam-a with/
A banjo on my knee."

WirralCyrille · 02/08/2025 02:18

It’s a lovely name, I like the older style names that end in ‘ie’, Susie, Josie, Joanie, etc.

Handrearedmagpie · 02/08/2025 02:11

I've always loved the name Susie and it fits well with all the Evie's/Edie's etc round now. And Susannah is beautiful.

OneNeatBlueOrca · 02/08/2025 00:16

I really don't like it

Some eighties names just aren't due a comeback.

LucasBuck · 02/08/2025 00:13

Lovely - Susie is a cute retro nickname for the classic, timeless and sadly underused Susanna imo. She can always choose to go by something trendier (Suki?) if she wants to when older.

Personally I prefer the simpler, more elegant/streamlined spelling -afaik it was the original Biblical/Hebrew one (I have no idea where the added H came from, maybe to make it look like Hannah?) and the Susanna spelling was good enough for Shakespeare after all …

ETA: Just goes to show how people can view names differently 🤣 I personally don’t understand how people can call Susanna dated or old- fashioned when it’s never been popular enough for that (afaik it’s never even made the Top 100 historically). I can only assume they are thinking of Suzanne which was a fairly popular mid-century name in the UK (part of the French fad - see Jacqueline, Yvonne etc) and obviously Susan was incredibly popular as well. Susanna is much more timeless. Equally in the last few years the number of Susanna’s vs Susannah’s has been virtually interchangeable (as the numbers are quite low), so I don’t really think you can say that there is a more popular spelling at the moment.

Hohofortherobbers · 01/08/2025 23:06

I prefer the eastern european Zusa. Think it was one of the children's names in its a wonderful life too 😊