Name profile

Suellen

An English compound of Sue and Ellen.

Usage languagesBrazilian Portuguese, English
US rank (2020)#13,453

Meaning and history

Suellen is an English feminine name formed by combining Sue and Ellen, and it may also be treated as a contracted spelling of Sue Ellen. Sue is traditionally short for Susan, from Hebrew Shoshannah, associated with the lily or other flower, while Ellen is a medieval English form of Helen, whose Greek etymology is uncertain. The combination became especially familiar through Sue Ellen Ewing in the television series Dallas. Real-life bearers include American historian Suellen Hoy and Australian swimmer Suellen Emry.

Popularity over timeUS births · girls
20012001: no US SSA record for this spelling
2002: no US SSA record for this spelling
2003: no US SSA record for this spelling
2004: no US SSA record for this spelling
2005: no US SSA record for this spelling
20062006: no US SSA record for this spelling
2007: 8 births, rank #12,676
2008: no US SSA record for this spelling
2009: no US SSA record for this spelling
2010: no US SSA record for this spelling
20112011: 5 births, rank #16,764
2012: no US SSA record for this spelling
2013: no US SSA record for this spelling
2014: no US SSA record for this spelling
2015: no US SSA record for this spelling
20162016: no US SSA record for this spelling
2017: no US SSA record for this spelling
2018: 5 births, rank #15,682
2019: no US SSA record for this spelling
20202020: 6 births, rank #13,453

Suellen moved from #936 to #974 for girls between 1955 and 1956. Its highest annual birth count came in 1941, with 159 births.