Entry № 10186 · Japanese origin

Suzume Suzume — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ SOO-zoo-meh /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Japanese
Meaning
"Sparrow (Japanese)"
Syllables
2
First recorded
Ancient (Japanese)

A name that means "sparrow (japanese)".

Suzume (雀) is the Japanese word for "sparrow." Featured in the classic Japanese folktale Shita-kiri Suzume ("Tongue-Cut Sparrow") and in Makoto Shinkai's anime film Suzume (2022).

Among the most beloved modern Japanese feminine names.

Sparrow. The Japanese folktale and Shinkai's heroine.

The name in its native script.

Transliteration
Suzume
Pronunciation
/ ˈsuː.zuː.mɛ /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Suzume stands.

Suzume does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Suzumes before her.

Real people

In fiction
Suzume Iwato
Heroine of Shinkai's Suzume.
2022

Names connected to Suzume.

The number behind Suzume.

6

The Nurturer

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Suzume reduce to 6, The Nurturer. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.