Meaning and background
The story behind Susan
Susan is the English form of Susanna, with a long history as a personal name. The deeper family leads through Greek to a Hebrew word for the lily, although that does not make Susan an ordinary English word meaning flower. It is a familiar name with a soft second syllable, easy to use for a dog without any claims about popularity.
- Origin
- English form of Susanna, ultimately from Greek Sousanna and Hebrew Shoshanna, associated with the word for “lily”. Source
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About Susan
Recorded as a dog’s name
Susan appears in 3 dog licence records in the 2026 New York City dataset.
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Pronunciation and rhythm
/suzən/
US English sound sequence, converted from the CMU dictionary. Stress marks are shown separately.
Stress on the first syllable in the recorded US readings.
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/suzən/ · primary stress on syllable 1S UW1 Z AH0 N
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Sources and research notes (2)
- New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene NYC Dog Licensing Dataset — extract_year 2026 — Dog licence periods, not unique dogs; NYC only. No owner-level fields retrieved.
- Carnegie Mellon University / CMU Sphinx maintainers CMU US English Pronouncing Dictionary — US English dictionary readings; not owner-specific or exhaustive multilingual pronunciation
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