Meaning of the nameSuzan

Suzan is a female name, a variant of Susan, which comes from the Hebrew shoshan and means 'lily'.

Meaning

“lily”

People (2022): 2,435
Rank in Brazil: #4,494
Median age: 32 years
2010 Census: 2,288; people

Suzan in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Suzan, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1980s (737 people).

2,417 women 0 men

Source: IBGE, 2022 Demographic Census, Nomes no Brasil. The census counts the first name of people alive in 2022; small counts are not published, and the first group covers everyone born before 1940. How to read these data.

Where the name Suzan is most common

States with the highest share of people named Suzan in the population, in the 2022 Census.

Santa Catarina 0.003%
Paraná 0.002%
Rio Grande do Sul 0.002%
Pará 0.002%
São Paulo 0.001%

All states

State	People	% of population
São Paulo	612	0.001%
Paraná	266	0.002%
Rio Grande do Sul	191	0.002%
Santa Catarina	189	0.003%
Rio de Janeiro	176	0.001%
Minas Gerais	145	0.001%
Pará	122	0.002%
Bahia	120	0.001%
Pernambuco	93	0.001%
Amazonas	85	0.002%
Goiás	80	0.001%
Mato Grosso	62	0.002%
Mato Grosso do Sul	58	0.002%
Distrito Federal	34	0.001%
Rio Grande do Norte	27	0.001%
Maranhão	26	0.000%
Espírito Santo	26	0.001%
Sergipe	22	0.001%
Rondônia	22	0.001%
Ceará	20	0.000%

States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.

About the name Suzan

Behind the Name records Suzan as a variant of Susan, which in turn is an English variant of Susanna. Susanna comes from the Greek Sousanna, which translates the Hebrew Shoshanna, from shoshan, 'lily'; Behind the Name adds that the Hebrew word perhaps comes, ultimately, from Egyptian sšn, 'lotus', a connection it presents as uncertain. Susanna is a biblical name. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 2,435 people named Suzan, with a median age of 32. Proportionally, it is most common in Santa Catarina.

Sources

Behind the Name: Suzan · behindthename.com · origin
Behind the Name: Susan · behindthename.com · origin
Behind the Name: Susanna · behindthename.com · meaning

Questions about the name Suzan

What does the name Suzan mean?

Suzan means “lily”, according to Behind the Name.

How many people are named Suzan in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 2,435 people with the first name Suzan, which ranks it number 4,494 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1980s.

Is Suzan a boy's or a girl's name?

Suzan is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 2,417 women and 0 men had this name (IBGE does not publish very small counts).

What is the origin of the name Suzan?

Suzan is a name of Hebrew origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Suzan most common?

Proportionally, in Santa Catarina: 0.003% of the state's population is named Suzan (189 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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