Susie?

[Firebird83]

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

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

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

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,

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

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.

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.

Susannah is lovely and Susie for short.

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!

I love it!

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

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

Suzi and Suze are cute nicknames.

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

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

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.

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. 😁

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.

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

I think it's lovely, very cute!

@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.

No it’s not, these names are coming right back into fashion.

Are you sure they were all Susanna/Susannah’s though? Rather than Susan’s or Suzanne’s? (as the historical stats don’t mesh with there being lots of Susannah’s). But obviously the ONS historical name stats don’t show area, so maybe where you live is strangely Susanna heavy 😀

ETA: To me Susan vs Susanna is like Julie vs Julia/Juliet, Louise vs Louisa, Helen vs Helena, Diane vs Diana, Angela vs Angelina etc etc The first is your Mums or Grans name, but the the latter names with that tiny ending change have never really been popular enough yet to date.

No you're right, I think they were mostly Susans, thought I do know one Suzanne.

To me Susannah has a Deep South kind of feel, like Savannah or Alannah.

It's nice. I know a lovely Susie.

Susie is sweet, but I would stick with Susannah - it’s a really attractive name!

I had a Suzannah in my Year 3 class last year. Her family were Latvian. It’s a very pretty name OP.