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Help[Opinions] Suzanne
Do you think Suzanne could have a revival? What do you think about the name? It has been off the US top 1000 for twenty-five years, and peaked in the mid 1940s.
Suzanne has the kind of style that I feel deep in my bones will become more popular over the next few decades (the opposite of the brisk futuristic names that sound like brands that are currently trendy - like Nova, Genesis, Luna, Ari, Niko, etc). It's teetering on the edge of clunky and dated to us nowadays, but it has a kind of reassuring warm familiarity and capable elegance as well. It's going to be a grandma name pretty soon, if it isn't already!
Normally I wouldn't find much to like about this name, it's too flat and familiar. But I was looking at it in a different way recently and I could see it having a lot of appeal to younger generations. Also it's the name of the Hunger Games author, who was important to a huge number of kids growing up, and it'll have that nostalgia element going for it. The idea of meeting a toddler called Suzanne is quirky and downright adorable to me.
Suzanne has the kind of style that I feel deep in my bones will become more popular over the next few decades (the opposite of the brisk futuristic names that sound like brands that are currently trendy - like Nova, Genesis, Luna, Ari, Niko, etc). It's teetering on the edge of clunky and dated to us nowadays, but it has a kind of reassuring warm familiarity and capable elegance as well. It's going to be a grandma name pretty soon, if it isn't already!
Normally I wouldn't find much to like about this name, it's too flat and familiar. But I was looking at it in a different way recently and I could see it having a lot of appeal to younger generations. Also it's the name of the Hunger Games author, who was important to a huge number of kids growing up, and it'll have that nostalgia element going for it. The idea of meeting a toddler called Suzanne is quirky and downright adorable to me.
This message was edited 2/21/2024, 9:18 AM
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I am SO surprised that Susannah hasn't become more popular. It should have risen along with the likes of Hannah, Emma, Grace, and Abigail. But it didn't!
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I like Suzanne a lot. Susannah is a family name, but I'd much rather use Suzanne. Maybe because French names, or some of them anyway, have been used in South Africa since the Huguenot immigrants and refugees arrived in the 17th century. That includes surnames: Du Toit, De Villiers etc. So Suzanne wouldn't have a dated meaning here: more likely respect for the ancestors who brought their wine-making skills with them and revolutionised the local economy!
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I really like it and suits all ages, there is a girl at school with this name
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I rather thought Susanna / Susannah would gain popularity with the cottage-core aesthetic, but it hasn't so far. I think Suzanne would catch on if there was increased interest in French provincial or French culture in general.
I like Suzanne. It isn't pretentious but is more alluring than Susan. Also, it reminds me of the actress Suzanne Pleshette.
I like Suzanne. It isn't pretentious but is more alluring than Susan. Also, it reminds me of the actress Suzanne Pleshette.
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Yeah, I would have thought that the neo-Puritan "traditional values" crowd would have swarmed all over Susannah, but they seem uninterested, go figure!
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I've always been charmed by Suzanne—that central "z"! "Suze" is such a pleasing sound.
I'm kind of inept at predicting or even noticing trends, but I'm not aware of names from Suzanne's era resurfacing.
I'm kind of inept at predicting or even noticing trends, but I'm not aware of names from Suzanne's era resurfacing.
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I'm not good at accurately predicting trends, but I just have A Feeling about these names, that they will come back.
Probably it's an instinctive knowledge that I'm getting old, and losing touch with what "the young people" like. Every now and then, I see cool younger people name their kids things like Curtis and Gene, or talk about how they find the name Elaine so magical. I just have this whispering voice in the back of my mind that tells me this is the way the wind is blowing. We'll see if that little voice turns out to be right!
Probably it's an instinctive knowledge that I'm getting old, and losing touch with what "the young people" like. Every now and then, I see cool younger people name their kids things like Curtis and Gene, or talk about how they find the name Elaine so magical. I just have this whispering voice in the back of my mind that tells me this is the way the wind is blowing. We'll see if that little voice turns out to be right!
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Funny, I studied abroad in Athens with a cool girl named Olive (birth name Kate) who now has daughters named Margot (around 7/8 years old, so slightly ahead of the name’s resurgence) and Elaine (around 2)!
This message was edited 2/21/2024, 5:07 PM
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