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Suede

Suede: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning
“from Sweden; suede leather”
Origin
English
Say it
SWAYD · 1 syllable
Used for
Both (23% girls, 77% boys since 1880)

Suede is an English word-name, ultimately from French suede 'of Sweden', referring to the leather. As a given name, it is modern and usage-based rather than traditional.

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How popular is Suede?

202434.0 per million US babies
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Drag the line or the slider to read any year. Values are per million US births recorded by Social Security. Records before about 1937 undercount births, so early peaks can look taller than they were.

Babies named Suede in 2024112

2024 rank#1,960 boys

Peak year2024

Total US babies since 1880365

Suede is rising: use over the last five years is 78.8× what it was a decade earlier.

Names like Suede

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

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Suede questions

What does the name Suede mean?

Suede means "from Sweden; suede leather". It comes from English. Suede is an English word-name, ultimately from French suede 'of Sweden', referring to the leather. As a given name, it is modern and usage-based rather than traditional.

Is Suede a boy or girl name?

Suede is used for both: about 23% of US babies named Suede since 1880 were girls.

How popular is Suede?

112 US babies were named Suede in 2024. Its peak year was 2024.

How do you pronounce Suede?

Suede is usually pronounced SWAYD.

Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.