Susannah nn Suki/Sukie or just Suki/Sukie?

[AnnieandMiri]

Thoughts please! (We live abroad so no weird suck-y associations with Sukie here. An odd comment but something I've heard people mention before when Suki was asked about )

We adore Sukie and it works very well where we live. But I also like that Susannah could also be a Susie or an Annie if she wanted to, and I like the biblical association with Susannah.

Susannah is lovely. I don’t think you can insist on a nickname, though — the Susannah I know is Suze to her friends, Susannah at work, and ‘Nan’ in her family, for instance.

I'm afraid i hear Suki and think of 'pukey', or a neighbour's cat.

The coolest Susannahs I've known have been Susannah or Suse/Suze

Just Suki. Susannah is a completely different name in my opinion

In our country nicknames are assigned by parents (or grandparents) and remain the same. They don't emerge naturally and people wouldn't dare to try and change someone's set name. Sorry, should have mentioned this before! (Nicknames also don't even need to have any connection to the first name of the person, but this bothers me!)

@Palavah

I'm afraid i hear Suki and think of 'pukey', or a neighbour's cat.

The coolest Susannahs I've known have been Susannah or Suse/Suze

Luckily the slang 'puke' doesn't exist here either

As for it being a cat name... One of my other daughters is a Tabitha and I wanted Felix for my son but DH vetoed. Maybe deep down I secretely wanted cats 😂

Susannah.

And I prefer the spelling Sukey for the diminutive.

I love Susannah & Suzanne, would choose it if I’d had a daughter now.
All the potential nicknames are great imo.

I’m not sure which country you’re in but I think in some countries Suki would be acceptable as a name. I think there’s a model called Suki Waterhouse and I also have penchant for animes so I’m probably biased

I love Suki! It’s a Japanese name in its own right. You don’t have to make it a nickname for anything.

Suki on its own, it is Japanese and means loved one iirc

I love Susannah & Suzanne. They normally shorten to Susie/Suzie.

Suki is a completely different name! It's Japanese.

@Lilaclavenders

I love Susannah & Suzanne. They normally shorten to Susie/Suzie.

Suki is a completely different name! It's Japanese.

Sukie (spelled like this) is also a Hebrew name and a dimunative of Susannah But I do like it as an independent name too!

Sorry, diminutive. Wish I could say that was a typo but truthfully I just can never remember how to spell that word!

I have a family member with a dog named Suki

I love just Suki on its own. Susannah is too old fashioned for me.

Sukie/Sukey is a very old diminutive of Susan/Susanna and very popular in the 18th century ( polly put the kettle on, Sukie take it off again)

It is also 18th/19th century slang for a prostitute

If the name you love is Suki(e) use that on the birth certificate.

Susannah as full name. It's more substantial and elegant whereas Suki is quite cutesy.

Susannah. Lovely name.

I would choose Susannah, which I think is a lovely name. Then the child has more options. I’m not keen on Suki to be honest, especially not as a proper name. As a pet name it’s fine.

Another one saying 'full name Susannah - which is very nice - then see which short form (if any) emerges naturally'.

Susannah for sure! Sukie is sweet but you want a more grown up full name. If you use Sukie from the start it'll last till she's a teen most likely and then she'll decide.

Sukie to me is a drink but if you don't live in NI/Ireland, then it's unlikely to be a problem. I like it as a name besides that, but I would probably go for Susannah and Suki(e) as a nickname

Susannah’s a lovely name.

Sukey makes me think of a Jilly Cooper character in pearls - sorry