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I am also a Suzanne and I was born in 1990. When I was younger I always thought my name sounded to grown up for me. Now that I am older I really love my name, I think it's special because my grandpa named me and it's also my moms middle name. He wanted to name my mom Suzanne but my grandmother refused. My parents both wanted to name me Marissa but my grandpa begged my parents to name me Suzanne during my moms entire pregnancy. I think my name sounds professional and elegant. I have always hated when people called me "Susan." I feel like my name is unique. I have only met one other Suzanne so far. It is pretty annoying when people slaughter your name though. I have seen it written Susann Suzzane and many other ways. But what really gets under my skin is when people try to nickname me "Sue." For some reason I cannot stand that nickname. I do have other nicknames such as Suzie, Suzannie, Susu (courtesy of my older brother not being able to pronounce my name when he was little) and Susu Magoo (only my grandpa calls me that) My middle name is Marissa. I think it flows pretty well Suzanne Marissa. I think I would like to keep the name in my family. Make it a new tradition.

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I too am a Suzanne! Born in '92. Always the only one. My middle name is Elizabeth. Blessed with two Z's in my name. I have only met one other Suzanne and her middle name was also Elizabeth, though she was well into her 60's. I also loathe the nickname Sue, Susan, Suzzan, Suzzanne, Suzannie, "Suh-zann". I have always been really puzzled as to how someone could be so wrong! I have almost exclusively gone by Suzy; it never really bothered me how it was spelled. When I was younger I preferred "y" then "ie" but in my high school days I played around with a phonetic spelling. My nicknames consisted also of Bluezanne, Boozy Q, Sushi, Suecheese, Soxanne, Boxanne, Squeezy, Scrunchy, Slushie... everything under the sun. My mom did pick the because she said it was versatile; sweet for a child but elegant for a woman. I think we should eliminate Susan's and keep Suzanne cause this constant battle has driven me crazy my whole life.

I am a Suzanne born in 1983. My middle name is Michelle. I like that the name is a recognizable, established name but is still somewhat unique. I have met three other women my age with the same name and a few others with Suzanne as a middle name. I would say, however, that Suzanne is what was referred to on another site as an "almost name." People commonly read the name as "Susan" and also almost always misspell it. "Suzzane," oddly, being one of the most common misspellings. One of the other Suzannes that I met was surprised that people did not call me "Boozanne" as they called her in college. I do not go by any nickname but have been called "Suzy," "Suzie," "Suz," and Suzie Q. I have also been called "Sue" which I dislike because it has connotations of being common and plain as well as old fashioned to me.

My name is Suzanne, and I was born in 1985. I was always the only student named Suzanne in my school, and I liked the uniqueness. I think Suzanne is a good name because it isn't as common, yet not completely obsure. It doesn't really rhyme with anything-- so I never got picked on for any of that stuff. The only thing that did annoy me was that a lot of people mistakenly call me Susan, and there's definitely a different. That always got on my nerves. Other than that you, good name :)

My name is also Suzanne, and I was born in 1962. My feelings and experiences are pretty much the same. I typically am mistakenly called Susan, and my name is often misspelled. With the nickname Suzy, people frequently spell it Suzie, which also annoys me, and then when corrected, people still can't get it right. I do enjoy being a Suzanne though, as I am sort of named after my Grandmother, Anne, but with some added flavor and elegance.

I'm another Suzanne, born in 1968. I have always enjoyed being a Suzanne as well, and have experienced frustration at being called "Susan" (a completely different name, I agree!) by people who can never seem to get it right. A classmate once told me that she thought that Suzanne was a pretentious version of Susan. And a French customer at an art supply store that I worked at told me that Suzanne was the French version of Susan. My father wanted to name me Suzy (with a Z and a Y), so they named me Suzanne for long. I met a woman whose nickname was "Zanne", short for Suzanne. Anyway, it's a great name, and I never had to compete with many other Suzanne's like all of the girls name Jennifer and Stephanie in my classes did by being Jennifer M., Jennifer B, Stephanie L. etc. It's a classic name.

My mother named me Suzanne after a doll she had with the same name. I also get called Susan and people often misspell my name. I was the only Suzanne in school from k-12 and the few Suzannes I have met always look as surprised as I do. My middle name is Marie and the three other Suzannes had Ann as a middle name. I always liked the fact I had a 'Z' in my name. Friends change my name depending on my mood or situation, such as Bluezanne, Fluzanne, Boozeanne,Jewzanne, Loseanne, etc. Heh, heh, heh...sad but true.

Nicknames for Suzanne: | Edit

Sue, Suzy, Suzie, Suzi, Susie, Suz, Suzy Q, Suzannie, Annie, Suze, Zanne, Shazzam.

Meanings and history of the name Suzanne: | Edit

Hebrew: lily, rose

Famous real-life people named Suzanne: | Edit

Suzanne Somers, American actress
Suzanne Pleshette, American actress
Suzanne Vega, American singer and songwriter
Suzanne Valadon, French impressionist artist (painter)

Suzanne in song, story & screen: | Edit

Poem "Suzanne" (1966) in book "Parasites of Heaven" by Leonard Cohen
Song "Suzanne" (1967) in song by Leonard Cohen on his debut album
Song "Suzanne" (1967) performed by Judy Collins on "In My Life" album, written by Leonard Cohen
Song "Suzanne" (1967) in song by Josh White Jr. on "The Josh White Jr." album
Song "Suzanne" (1969) in song by Harry Belafonte on "Homeward Bound"
Song "Suzanne" (1969) performed by Nina Simone on "Tell It Like It Is" album, written by Leonard Cohen
Song "Fire and Rain" (1970) to whom the James Taylor song is addressed
Song "Suzanne" (1970) by Randy Newman on "Randy Newman" album
Song "Suzanne" (1971) in song by Neil Diamond on "Stones" album
Song "Suzanne" (1971) on three Joan Baez albums, including "Carry It On"
Song "Suzanne" (1978) in concert film by Bob Dylan in "Renaldo and Clara"
Song "Suzanne" (1980) by Journey on "Raised on Radio" album
Song "I Love You Suzanne" (1984) by Lou Reed on "New Sensations" album
*Song "Susanne" (1994) by Weezer on some international versions of the single "Undone -- The Sweater Song" and the Deluxe Edition of "Weezer" album.
Song "Sing for Me Suzanne" by David Easter
Song "Suzanne's Rain" by Loren Conners
Song "Suzanne Beware Of The Devil" by Dandy Livingston
Song "The Suzanne Accord" by SouthWest
Song "Suzanne Sunshine" by Blessed Light
Song "Looking For Suzanne" by Waylon Jennings
Song "Sweet Suzanne" by John Christoper
Song "My Darling Suzanne" by Cees Veerman

Emile Larochelle, Francoise Hardy, Fairport Convention, Rocket,Hope Sandoval & The Warm Inventions
Jeff Klein, The Mighty Stars,Francoise Hardy
Nick Cave, The ACB's,Moose and Asobi Seksu all have songs titled "Suzanne"

Movie "Friends 'Til the End" (TV, 1997) "Zanne" is a character who is disturbed and tries to take over her friend's (Shannen Doherty) life.

TV Show "Designing Women" (1986) "Suzanne Sugarbaker" played by Delta Burke

*I am including "Susanne" despite the alternate spelling because as a song it is primarily audibly experienced rather than visually.