From nerdy to popular, there’s only one step! After being widely given and then forgotten, a retro female first name is making a comeback.
Standing out with a little-used first name while remaining traditional is what some parents are looking for when baptizing their baby. Like Marcel, Félix or Mahaut, a retro first name has made a comeback in recent years. Far from this father and this mother who sought originality with a character from Lord of the Ringsof this couple harassed for their unusual choice during New Year’s Eve or of these Basques who fought to have the spelling of their child’s first name accepted, Suzanne is up to date again.
Having become popular again, he was 97th in the ranking of the most given first names in 2022 reminds Cosmopolitan. 590 babies were given this first name during the year. And that hasn’t been the case for a long time. Or rather, it was “no longer” the case… Because it had its heyday in 1920 with 9,485 newborns wearing it.
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This feminine name that has become outdated is making a comeback
In the Roaring Twenties, Suzanne embodied an independent and modern woman. But little by little, over the years, the first name has become outdated. Until 2014, the year of his return to grace. If we are to believe the 100-year rule, first names are coming back into fashion after a century of absence. So this fits for Suzanne.
And a popular singer proves it. If Suzane removed an “n” from her first name, she uses it without a last name for her stage name. And despite the retro aspect of his first name, the artist evokes very modern themes in his songs: street harassment, mental load, ecology… From nerdy to contemporary, he There is only one step that the name Suzanne has taken recently. A way for parents to remain classic while being original, since it was somewhat forgotten, without falling into the fanciful. From the elegant Suzanne Lenglen, tennis player nicknamed the Divine, to the American singer Suzanne Véga, the first name confirms its newfound popularity.
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