Sanna or Zanna

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We’ve been told Sanna isn’t really used over here as a shortened form of Susanna and we would be better calling DD Zanna.

We’ve had a few negative comments from family members this side of the channel on how it looks written down.

Just wondered if this was the case?

Zanna sounds too much like Zanax.

Both are very strange.. and not in a good way. The only Susannas I know that shorten their name go by Suzie

Neither are actual names are they? Don’t like either to be honest.

Susie is lovely

To me they defo sound like some kind of medicine

I don't like either- they sound like medical brands.

Sanna doesn’t sound very nice to my ears. It has connotations of sanitary.

Zanna didn’t make me think of Xanax because I first saw it written rather than heard it, but of course I hear it now.

Susie is very pretty and uncommon. Could you use that?

I teach a Sana, unfortunately she gets a hard time from peers as it's a brand of Sanitary protection.

They both made me think of constipation medication.
I'm not sure either works well as a name

I really like the name Sanne (pronounced the same as Sanna).

I work with a lot of Dutch people and it's a really common name over there.

I know a Zanna (short for Susannah), never heard of Sanna.

Why not Susanna? It's a lovely name.

Both sound like laxatives

I know a Zanna short for Susannah. Not weird or strange at all. Perfectly nice name.

I like Sanne because it reminds me of word for dream in my language, but still think it's maybe too unusual

I have a lovely Swedish friend who is Sanna for Susanna so I'm obviously biased, but I think it's a much nicer diminutive than Suze, Sue or Suzie...

I know a Zanna, it’s a cool name. Sanna sounds like loo cleaner.

I know a Suzanna whose nn is Zanna. I think it would be more usual to have the full name and then shorten it as a nickname here

English people will pronounce Sanna with a "ss" sound at the beginning, and Zanna with a "z".

What about naming her Susannah and then using Sanna as a nickname? Then the spelling doesn't really matter, and she has more options too.

I went to school with a Dutch girl named Sanne (pronounced Sanna), it means ‘lily’. Pretty name.

Sanna = constipation medicine
Zanna = anxiety medicine

whilst not a common shortening for Susannah in the uk, I think both do work. I have heard of zannah before as a shortening and Sanne as a standalone name before (in Netherlands)

Sanna is Finnish is it??

I think it’s fine but if you live in the Uk I would probably call her Susannah as a full name.

Zanna is not as nice

I've never come across Sanna personally but I think it sounds fine. I know one Zhanna who is Ukrainian. It's pronounced j, rather than z. Noone seems to struggle with her name here.
If you like this sort of sound, there is also Anna, Lana, Dana, Sienna, Helena, Lena?

I have a British friend called susannah who goes by Sanna to her friends. I’ve always liked it but defo think you should use the full name and then shorten day to day.