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HelpMy mother's name is Susan, what are your thoughts on the forms Susanna, Susannah, Suzana, Suzanna, Etc?
I've been sort of toying with the idea of honoring mother lately, I kind of like the idea of Suzanna in Theory, it has the sort of classic zell and spunk to it you don't hear a lot these days. And ever since I was a little girl I've always loved Gone with the Wind, so of course the middle name would have to be Eleanor so it could be "suellen" if we went that route, & my husband is very fond of the middle name Louise, so it would have to be Susanna Eleanor Louise in whole. Lately I'm kind of liking the sound of it, and I feel like having five other girls in her class with the name would be very unlikely. My sister is also pointed out the nickname "Zana" could work as well, and give it a little bit more of a modern umph then Suellen. I've been toying with the idea of tagging it onto the shortlist, what are your thoughts? What's your favorite spelling of it? Anyways please and thank you for your time and effort, have a blessed day :)
-Gracia
-Gracia
This message was edited 6/17/2018, 7:08 AM
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I love every variation of Susan & Suzanne. I also love long formal names; further, I love nick-names that (double-barrel) independent syllables into a new hypocoristic, aka personalized diminutive name, informal name, or pet-name. These brings more options for the child. Spell the names however you prefer.
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I quite like Suzanna. It's not common, like Susan is, but also absolutely to stretch in honouring.
Suze is a name I like too. (pron. more like Suza). With Susanna, I'd say I prefer either Susannah or Suzanna. Susanna just looks a little off to me. Suzana looks lovely as well.
Suellen sounds nice, but with this spelling I get a little confused about the pronunciation. Somehow it looks more like 2 syllables to me. SOO-lən. This shouldn't be a problem if you know for sure that in your area people will pronounce it right.
Eleanor Louise are nice MNs for any Susan variant.
Suze is a name I like too. (pron. more like Suza). With Susanna, I'd say I prefer either Susannah or Suzanna. Susanna just looks a little off to me. Suzana looks lovely as well.
Suellen sounds nice, but with this spelling I get a little confused about the pronunciation. Somehow it looks more like 2 syllables to me. SOO-lən. This shouldn't be a problem if you know for sure that in your area people will pronounce it right.
Eleanor Louise are nice MNs for any Susan variant.
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Susannah is a family name and I would have considered using it, given enough daughters. But I would have been more likely to tweak it to Suzanne, which is lighter and livelier. I prefer Susannah to Susanna - it looks more finished. And Suzanna ... falls between two stools.
Suzanne Eleanor Louise is very distinguished!
My nephew has a sister-in-law named Suellen. Full name. And this is South Africa! I'm afraid she might have been named after the character in, I think it was, Dallas.
Suzanne Eleanor Louise is very distinguished!
My nephew has a sister-in-law named Suellen. Full name. And this is South Africa! I'm afraid she might have been named after the character in, I think it was, Dallas.
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Thank you for your input
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I would use the Susanna spelling to make sure Susan was in the name. I'm boring I would just use Suz for the nickname. Zanna is an easy derivate, but unless you were using it all the time it seems a touch contrived. Suellen is a whiny character and I always thought that matched her name. Susanna Eleanor Louise is a lot of name, but a good combo.
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Thank you for your input
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'Hey mom, I wanted to honor you but your name suck so we went with Suzanna instead."
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Um before you jump to half assed, frankly misspelled conclusions, my mother's LEGAL name is Susannah & from a young age she showed preference to Susan, but said she liked the idea of her legal form for a baby, to merit less confusion. It's okay though it must be hard I think clearly with your head so far up your ass :/
This message was edited 6/17/2018, 5:26 PM
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Are you for real?
There's no need for personal attacks. If that's her legal name you should have stated so. And I stand for my opinion, it's not honoring unless you use the same name.
There's no need for personal attacks. If that's her legal name you should have stated so. And I stand for my opinion, it's not honoring unless you use the same name.
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I know I was just saying I disliked confoluted half-assed honoring but I don’t think this really counts, as Susan and Suzanna et al are pretty clearly related names, I don’t think it’s the same as “Well my mom Susan’s favorite color is blue so I’m going to use Sky to honor her!” Especially because they’re considering it as a first name, it could also avoid the potential for confusion or constantly having to refer to “Young Susan” and “Grandma Susan.”
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I guess it's a matter of personal taste and opinion. To me that wouldn't be honoring, because they're not the same name. I don't see the point of using a name for honoring purpose unless you use the same name. You can still use the other name of course if you like it, but I wouldn't call it honoring.
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My mother's legal name is Susannah, but ever since she was little girl she's always gone by simply Susan out of preference, it is honoring either way though, but if for some reason I did want to honor her by naming her Sky because mother's favorite color is blue that's cool too! The funny thing about honoring people as you can do it pretty much anyway you want to, my god daughter is named Jasmine after her grandmother's favorite flower, if that's somehow a problem to you I suggest you get the fuck over it, that's still honoring. So maybe offer up constructive criticism instead of just judgmental petty little snids?
This message was edited 6/17/2018, 5:33 PM
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I was defending you lol. Chill out.
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Zell is to be full of life
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