Susan is a girl's name of Hebrew and Biblical origin meaning “lotus flower in Egyptian.” In 2024 it was given to 213 girls in the United States.
Susan belongs to the Biblical & Christian tradition. Its meaning — “lotus flower in Egyptian” — is the sense carried by its Hebrew and Biblical roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, Susan first appears in Social Security records in 1880. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #2 in 1957, and in 2024 213 babies received the name — 1,123,232 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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Susan means “lotus flower in Egyptian” in its Hebrew and Biblical roots. We check every meaning against published sources before it appears here.
Susan is a girl name. In 2024, 213 babies received the name in the US.
Susan comes from the Biblical & Christian tradition.
Susan first appears in US records in 1880. Its best-ever ranking was #2 in 1957, and 213 babies were given the name in 2024.
Susan is pronounced /ˈsuː.zən/ (IPA).
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. If you spot an error, write to [email protected] — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.
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