Where does “Suzanne” come from?
Suzanne is an English given name adopted from French Suzanne, which derives from Latin Susanna, meaning "lily" or "graceful lily."
Ancestry of “Suzanne”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | Suzanne | — |
| 2 | French | -ette | female equivalent of -et |
| 3 | Latin | -itta | — |
| 4 | Hungarian | iszik | to drink |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | jëxe- | to drink; to flow? |