Suzzette
Feminine · “Pet form of Suzanne”
Suzzette is Suzette with a doubled z, the French pet form of Suzanne. The name is famous on dessert menus, and Suzanne, its parent, is the subject of one of the most loved songs of the twentieth century.
How old is the name Suzzette?
Suzzette first appears in US birth records in 1946 — 79 years ago. The typical Suzzette alive today was born around 1967, making them about 58 years old. About 600 people named Suzzette are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Suzzette most popular?
Suzzette peaked in 1946, reaching #2318 nationally. See the whole 1946 chart.
Where it comes from
From Shoshannah to Suzzette
The story of Suzzette
Crêpes Suzette, thin pancakes flamed in orange liqueur, are claimed by Henri Charpentier, who said that in 1895, as a fourteen-year-old assistant waiter in Monte Carlo, he set the sauce alight by accident while serving the Prince of Wales and named the dish for a girl at the table; food historians doubt the story, and other claims exist. The parent name has its own famous portrait: Leonard Cohen's 'Suzanne' was written about Suzanne Verdal, a dancer in Montreal who served him tea and oranges in her apartment by the river. Suzzette, with its doubled z, is one of the American spellings of the French pet form.
Meaning
Pet form of Suzanne, from Hebrew Shoshannah
Suzanne comes from Hebrew Shoshannah, usually read as 'lily'. The -ette ending is a French diminutive.
How the name formed
- Shoshannah
- Suzanne
- Suzette
- Suzzette
Related forms: Suzette · Suzanne · Shoshannah
Pronouncing Suzzette
soo-ZET
Two syllables with the stress on the second.
Nicknames for Suzzette
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1946
- Most girls named
- 196526 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #2318reached in 1946
- Change vs 2009
- 0.0%5 in 2010, from 5
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Suzzette in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Suzette in French — spelling variant
- Suzanne in French — related form
- Shoshannah in Hebrew — related form
Suzzettes among us
people named Suzzette are estimated to be alive in the US today
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
Questions parents actually ask
Fashion outlook
Suzzette sits outside the current charts, and that is its own kind of answer: naming cycles can only date the names they carried up. A name this rare has no decade stamped on it — it cannot go out of fashion, because it was never in.
Based on 146 years of naming cycles. How we read them
The trade-off
- Sounds like Suzette, a name everyone recognizes.
- Comes with Suzy and Sue as ready short forms.
- A settled root in one of the oldest names in the world.
- Almost everyone will write Suzette with one z.
- The dessert will come up often.
- It reads as a mid-century name.
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Frequently asked
- How many Suzzettes are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 600 people named Suzzette are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Suzzette in 2025?
- Suzzette is rarely given in the US today — it does not rank in the top 2000 girl names.
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- Suzzette will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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