Meaning of the nameSuzi

Suzi and Suzy are spellings of an English diminutive of Susan, a form of the biblical name Susana, which comes from the Hebrew Shoshanna, linked to shoshan, 'lily'.

Meaning

“diminutive of Susan, a name that comes from the Hebrew Shoshanna, from shoshan, 'lily'”

Source: Behind the Name: Susanna · Behind the Name: Susan

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People (2022): 5,782
Rank in Brazil: #2,469
Median age: 40 years
2010 Census: 6,894; people

Suzi in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Suzi, 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 (1,939 people).

5,751 women 31 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 Suzi is most common

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

All states

State	People	% of population
São Paulo	1,958	0.004%
Rio de Janeiro	437	0.003%
Paraná	383	0.003%
Rio Grande do Sul	376	0.004%
Bahia	288	0.002%
Pará	279	0.003%
Minas Gerais	274	0.001%
Amazonas	220	0.006%
Goiás	210	0.003%
Pernambuco	192	0.002%
Santa Catarina	191	0.003%
Mato Grosso do Sul	140	0.005%
Mato Grosso	134	0.004%
Ceará	109	0.001%
Maranhão	79	0.001%
Distrito Federal	76	0.003%
Sergipe	59	0.003%
Rio Grande do Norte	55	0.002%
Rondônia	52	0.003%
Espírito Santo	50	0.001%
Amapá	48	0.007%
Paraíba	40	0.001%
Alagoas	36	0.001%
Acre	34	0.004%
Tocantins	26	0.002%
Piauí	19	0.001%
Roraima	17	0.003%

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

About the name Suzi

In English, Wiktionary records Suzi and Suzy as diminutives of Susan and of related female names, and Behind the Name gives Suzy as a diminutive of Susan or Suzanne, used in English and French. Susan is the English variant of Susanna, which comes from the Greek Sousanna, a form of the Hebrew Shoshanna, derived from shoshan, 'lily', perhaps from an Egyptian word for 'lotus'. In the Bible, Susana is the name of a character in the apocryphal books of the Old Testament and of a follower of Jesus in the New Testament; the Portuguese forms are Susana and Suzana. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 5,782 people named Suzi, with a median age of 40.

It ends in I and is the most common spelling in the group; Behind the Name lists it among the English forms of the diminutive.

Other spellings of Suzi

Spelling	People (2022)
Suzi	5,782
Suzy	3,968

Sources

Behind the Name: Susanna · behindthename.com · meaning
Behind the Name: Susan · behindthename.com · meaning
Behind the Name: Suzy · behindthename.com · origin
Wiktionary: Suzi · en.wiktionary.org · origin
Wiktionary: Suzy · en.wiktionary.org · origin

Questions about the name Suzi

What does the name Suzi mean?

Suzi means “diminutive of Susan, a name that comes from the Hebrew Shoshanna, from shoshan, 'lily'”, according to Behind the Name.

How many people are named Suzi in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 5,782 people with the first name Suzi, which ranks it number 2,469 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1980s.

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

Suzi is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 5,751 women and 31 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Suzi?

Suzi is a name of Hebrew and English origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Suzi most common?

Proportionally, in Amazonas: 0.006% of the state's population is named Suzi (220 people), according to the 2022 Census.

What are the other spellings of Suzi?

Suzy. IBGE counts each spelling separately.

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