Sookie
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- SOO-kee
- Origin
- Hebrew
Sookie is a girls' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “lily”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Sookie mean?
Hebrew: pet form of Susan
“lily”
A pet form of Susan, familiar from Sookie Stackhouse in Charlaine Harris's Southern Vampire novels and the TV series True Blood.
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Is Sookie a girl's or a boy's name?
Sookie is a girls' name.
How popular is Sookie in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2010, with 7 girls.
Sookie in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 3 | #5,983 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 4 | #4,953 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 7 | #3,360 |
| 2010 | 7 | #3,308 |
Names like Sookie
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Suki, Kiki, Miri, Mika, Dakota, Yuna, Yumna, Rumi, Maisie, Minha, Sapphire, Elsie
Names related to Sookie
More Hebrew names
Noah, Isabella, Elijah, James, Jack, Mia, Ava, Jude, Ezra, Benjamin, Isaac, Jacob, Ethan, Daniel, Samuel, Elias
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Sookie: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/sookie, updated 20 October 2026.