Su
A unisex name with no widely documented etymology — one syllable, given to 11 babies a year in the US.
Su by the numbers
Su was given to 11 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 22 babies in 1957, making it a 1950s name.
What we can tell you about Su
Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Su. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Sounds like Su
Names that are said the same way as Su, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Sui6 in the US (2017)