MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Susan mean?
Susan is the English form of Susanna, ultimately from a Hebrew flower name usually understood as lily. Persian Susan is also a flower-name form used for a lily, so the name has converging floral associations across languages.
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
सूज़न
Conventional spelling
Malayalam
സൂസൻ
Conventional spelling
Arabic
سوسن
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Susan in Indian usage
7,834 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for girls (96.8%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 7,587 records (96.8%).
- Recorded as male: 247 records (3.2%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1950s | 1,229 |
| 1960s | 2,303 |
| 1970s | 2,041 |
| 1980s | 1,213 |
| 1990s | 671 |
| Other decades | 377 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Kerala | 6,554 |
| Delhi | 161 |
| Meghalaya | 150 |
| Other states | 969 |
How to read these numbers
Small counts and a second count where needed are withheld for privacy; an omitted value is not zero. Coverage, dates and suppression.
Recorded abroad
Official births registered in 2025, for the exact spelling shown.
| Jurisdiction | Spelling / recorded sex | Births | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| England & Wales | Susan / F | 11 | 2,440 |
ONS and National Records of Scotland; Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3. Counts follow each office’s publication rules.
Explore related lists
Sources
- Given-name entry (Wikidata): Susan ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Given-name spelling
- Historical Indian voter-record totals, v3 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Historical usage; CC0 1.0; birth years 1910–2001
- England & Wales 2025 birth statistics: Exact spelling Susan; Table_6, C2588 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Exact spelling Susan; Table_6, C2588
- Wiktionary: سوسن ↗ (opens in a new tab)
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