Baby name

FADING GIRL · HEBREW-GERMANIC
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Susann

/zoo · ZAN/


“Lily or rose”

German and Scandinavian short form of Susanna, from Hebrew Shoshana meaning 'lily' or 'rose'; the double-n ending is characteristic of German orthography.

susi

gentle

How it ages.

Clean and unfussy; feels mid-century but could age into a quiet classic.

The cultural moment.

Common in Germany and Sweden from the 1960s through 1980s; declining but not extinct.