I never thought of
Susan as being dated. As a kid, the only two I knew were my sister and a girl the year behind me in school (all born late '70's, '81). One of my elementary school teachers was
Sue, but I think that was her legal name. My sister has always been a
Suzy. As an adult now, I know some
Sue's that are a generation ahead of me.
If you introduce your child as the preferred nn, you might be able to avoid
Sue/
Suzy.
Zsazsa was the one that I used to bug my sister once I saw it was a form of
Susan and bugged her. Sookie is also a possibility. (I was Jennyfer. When she was learning to talk it was cute. Now that she knows my name, not so much.)
This message was edited 3/5/2014, 3:53 AM