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Sue

OriginDiminutive of Susan
Meaning"lily"
GenderBoy & girl
US rank · boysUnranked

Below 5 births

US rank · girls#9387

2025 SSA

About Sue

Much-used midcentury diminutive, now fallen far from favor even as a middle name.

Sue is also given to boys.

Pronounced SOO.

As of October 2026, Sue ranked #5483 in US births in 1996 SSA, peaked at #1690 in 1943.

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Famous Sues

  • Suellyn "Sue" LyonGirl

    American actress

  • Susan "Sue" BarkerGirl

    English TV presenter and tennis player

  • SueGirl

    nickname for Japanese actress Yoshiko Tanaka in her Candies period

  • Sue Glover (born Yvonne Wheatman)Girl

    British singer of duo Sue and Sunny

  • Sue SchellGirl

    singer with Swiss group Peter, Sue and Marc

  • Susan Elizabeth "Sue" PerkinsGirl

    American comedienne

  • Susan "Sue" LawleyGirl

    English broadcaster

  • Selah Sue (born Sanne Greet A. Putseys)Girl

    Belgian singer,songwriter

  • Sue EllicottGirl

    American broadcaster

  • Sue Graham MingusGirl

    American memoirist; wife of jazz musician Charles Mingus

  • Sue BurnsGirl

    American owner of the San Francisco Giants baseball team

  • Sue Taylor GraftonGirl

    American novelist

  • Susan "Sue" JohansonGirl

    American sex educator and TV and radio host

  • Sue MonroeGirl

    English actress

  • Sue Ann DowneyGirl

    Miss USA 1965

  • Sue JonesGirl

    American producer; wife of musician Ravi Shankar and mother of singer Norah Jones

  • Sue CieGirl

    American video artist

  • Sue Wilkins MyrickGirl

    U.S. Congresswoman from North Carolina

  • Sue ScottGirl

    American actress

  • Susan "Sue" HawkGirl

    American reality TV personality

  • Susan J P "Sue" HoldernessGirl

    English actress

  • Sue Monk KiddGirl

    American novelist

  • Susan Katriona MacGregorGirl

    British broadcaster

  • Susan "Sue" Williams/HamiltonGirl

    American model

Sue in pop culture

  • Sue SylvesterGirl

    character on TV's "Glee"

  • Sue Sue HeckGirl

    character on TV's "The Middle"

  • Sue BrockmanGirl

    Mum in British TV's "Outnumbered"

  • Sue LorGirl

    character in movie "Gran Torino"

  • Sue Ellen EwingGirl

    character on TV's "Dallas'

  • Sue Storm Richards aka Invisible GirlGirl

    one of the Fantastic Four

  • Susan "Sue" OsmanGirl

    character on British soap "EastEnders"

  • Sue MillerGirl

    character on British soap "EastEnders"

  • Sue BranniganGirl

    character on British soap "Emmerdale"

  • Sue MorganGirl

    character on British soap "Hollyoaks"

  • Susan "Sue" Dearbon DibnyGirl

    character in DC Comics

  • Sue SakamotoGirl

    character in video game "Cave Story"

  • Sue Ellen MischkeGirl

    braless character on TV's Seinfeld

  • Sue LiGirl

    character in J.K. Rowling's "The Original Forty"

  • SueGirl

    ghost in video game "Ms. Pac,Man"

  • SueGirl

    largest, most complete Tyrannosaurus rex specimen ever found

  • Mary SueGirl

    term for a perfect female character

  • "A Boy Named SueGirl

    " song by Johnny Cash

  • "Runaround SueGirl

    " song by Dion

  • "Peggy SueGirl

    " song by Buddy Holly

  • "Peggy Sue Got MarriedGirl

    " 1986 film

  • "Curly SueGirl

    " 1991 film

  • "SueGirl

    " the debut album by Frazier Chorus

  • "Sue Lost in ManhattanGirl

    " 1998 film

  • "Sue Thomas: F.B.EyeGirl

    " TV series

  • Sue MurphyGirl

    character in series "7th Heaven"

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