Dated or underused classic?

[HeyBasil]

Susannah
Love it but I have a name of my mums generation and have always found it dated and frumpy. Is this in the same category for babies now? Love nicknames Suzy, Zuzu, Zanna etc feel like Sue is due a comeback too but it may just be me

Underused classic for me. Susan and Suzanne feel dated to me, but not Susannah. I prefer the Susanna spelling.

Love it. Definitely underused, and I like the many options it gives. Not totally convinced on sue yet (!), but I'd use it for the other great options. Do it!

I like it very much.

Agree with pp, I'd drop the h at the end. But it's not a big deal :)

I really like it, would not want it shortened to Sue or Suzy though

I prefer Susan, reminds me of the chronicles of Narnia, retro cute vibe. Susannah just reminds me of 80’s mums names, sue, Nicola, Wendy, Jane etc

Susanna/susannah are lovely. I'd definitely avoid Susanne/Suzanne because they'll then get the "is that Suzanne or Susan" question all the time".

I like it.

Prefer it without the H.

Love it and I like the spelling with the H at the end

Dated sorry.

Love it. Underused classic.

Love Suzy, also Suki

Susannah is really pretty imo

I like it, but I would think about nicknames, as Sue does feel a bit dated. Zanna? Sooze? Annie?

My dd is Susannah
Very underused and very pretty.

Sue sounds dated but Susannah/Suzie less so

Beautiful

I like Suzie.

I have a Susannah

Not sure that Sue or Susan is ready for a comeback yet, pretty though it is - Susannah though is lovely and an underused classic (it was never popular enough to date imo). NN's more likely to be Suki, Suze, Annie or even Sansa! than Sue/Susie these days I think. Zuzu and Zanna are cute too.

Only issue as pp mention is the Susannah vs Susanna thing, as they are used almost equally- so she will have to spell her name/get used to it being misspelt, but this might not be a big deal.

Susannah is lovely - it's classic and the H is the traditional spelling I'd say.

Susie is better than Suzy as a nn. Suzy is a bit 1970s

I like Susan, but most of the Sues I know aren't very nice.

@starfishmummy

Susanna/susannah are lovely. I'd definitely avoid Susanne/Suzanne because they'll then get the "is that Suzanne or Susan" question all the time".

My mum hates being called Susan!

Absolutely beautiful name, an underused classic. Would have used this if I had had a second daughter. Short form doesn't have to be Sue - Susie, Sukie, Zanna are all possibilities.

Not sure if I prefer the Susanna or Susannah spelling really, they both look nice written down. I suppose Susanna is more international, as I think they use this version in Italy? - could be wrong though. I'm not so keen on the spelling Suzanna/Suzannah though, with the 'z' in the middle. Obviously, it is the same name and sounds the same, just doesn't look so elegant written down IMO.

Underused classic imo.
See also: Sarah