♀ Female◎ Italian / Portuguese / Spanish◈ 3 syllables
"Lily; cheerful and graceful flower."
From Italian / Portuguese / Spanish
Susana means lily — the Spanish/Portuguese form of Susanna, from the Hebrew shoshana. In the Bible, Susanna's story is one of the first detective stories — she is falsely accused but proven innocent by Daniel. Three syllables of the first detective story, Spanish-lily, and the woman Daniel proved innocent.
Susana is the Spanish form of Susanna meaning lily. Susanna's biblical story is one of the first detective stories — Daniel proved her innocence.
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First recorded
Earliest known use: Spanish form; biblical Susanna.
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Today
Susana remains a beloved choice, ranking #2052 in the US. 20,965 babies have been named Susana since 1881.
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How popular is Susana?
1993peak year
Today, Susana is rarely chosen — ranked well outside the top 1,000 (around #2052), with only about 97 babies given the name per year. But it wasn't always this way. At its peak in 1993, 537 babies were given the name (ranked #473 nationally). Its strongest stretch was the 1990s. Susana's usage has held roughly steady recently. In all, around 20,965 babies have been registered as Susana since 1880.
Year-by-year registrations1880–2024 · U.S. Social Security data
Susana's Life Path 6 is the nurturer's number — lily nurturing. People named Susana tend to be warm, innocent, and gifted at being the lily Daniel proved blameless.
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Lily Daniel proved blameless
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First detective story
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Spanish-500-million
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Hebrew-shoshana
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Sacred-flower
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U3
S1
A1
N5
A1
Sum: 12 → Life path 3
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Personality of Susana
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Bright & creative
Imaginative, expressive, endlessly inventive.
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Magnetic warmth
Their laugh is contagious. People love being near them.
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Eternal optimist
Even in dark moments they find the light.
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Storyteller
They can describe anything and make it fascinating.
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