Female name
Susanne
26,094 births (United States, 1880–2025), peaking in 1949. Expression number: 3.
Origin
The German and Scandinavian variant of the female first name Susanna, derived from the Greek word Σουσάννα, which in turn goes back to the Hebrew name שׁוֹשַׁנָּה, which stems from שׁוֹשָׁן, the Hebrew word for lily.Translated by Arcanes from the German Wiktionary, entry “Susanne”, text and translation under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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How many babies received it
From the official birth registers.
In the United States
Peak in 1949: 713 births. 26,094 births from 1880 to 2025. A name given mostly in the 1940s, 1950s, 1960s and 1970s. It really came into use around 1911. It is still given: 43 births from 2021 to 2025.
Source: Social Security Administration, Popular Baby Names, public domain.
In Ireland
Peak in 1969: 43 births. 724 births from 1964 to 2025. A name given mostly in the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s. Fewer than ten births recorded from 2021 to 2025.
Source: Central Statistics Office, Irish Babies' Names, CC BY 4.0.
Elsewhere in the world
The name in the birth records of the 10 countries we track. The period covered varies from country to country.
| Country | Births | Period | Best rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Switzerland | 19,411* | 1915–2025 | — |
| Austria | 3,572 | 1984–2025 | 32nd in 1985 |
| France | 500 | 1900–2025 | — |
| Berlin | 128 | 2012–2023 | — |
* These are the people living in the country, counted by year of birth, not the number of births.
Source: Federal Statistical Office, First names of the population by year of birth, free use with attribution; Statistik Austria, Vornamen, CC BY 4.0; INSEE, Fichier des prénoms, Etalab Open Licence 2.0; Open Data Berlin, Häufige Vornamen, CC BY 3.0 DE (every name a child carries, not only the first).
The numbers of the name
Each letter has a value: A = 1, B = 2… I = 9, then J = 1 again (Pythagorean method). We add them up, then reduce to a single digit, except 11, 22 and 33.
■ vowel · ■ consonant
Expression
All the letters: talents, the way you act.
3
expression, creativity, sociability
1 + 3 + 1 + 1 + 5 + 5 + 5 = 21 → 3
Soul
The vowels: what drives you deep down.
9
humanity, generosity, completion
3 + 1 + 5 = 9
Personality
The consonants: what others notice first.
3
expression, creativity, sociability
1 + 1 + 5 + 5 = 12 → 3
- Digits missing from the name
- 2, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9
- Most frequent digit
- 1 · initiative, independence, beginnings
The meaning of the numbers comes from numerological tradition; it isn't a measure of your personality. A full portrait needs your first and middle names, your last name at birth, and your date of birth. How we calculate
Your name and theirs
The number of each name, and the number of the bond, which comes from adding them together. A symbolic game: what your two names say together, to be read as a metaphor, not as a verdict on your relationship.