Sookie

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English[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

A variant of the name Susan or Susannah, from Hebrew שׁוֹשַׁנָּה (“Shoshána”) meaning "rose" or "lily".[1]

Proper noun[edit]

Sookie

  1. A female given name of Hebraic origin.

Usage notes[edit]

The name most famously occurs in the English nursery rhyme "Polly Put the Kettle On".[2]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Teresa Norman (2003) A World of Baby Names, Perigee Trade; Revised edition →ISBN
  2. ^ I. Opie and P. Opie, The Oxford Dictionary of Nursery Rhymes (Oxford University Press, 1951, 2nd ed., 1997), pp. 353–54.
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