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{{wiktionary|Sookie}}

Sookie, also written ‘Sukey’ or ‘Suki’, is a variant of the name Susan or Susannah, from Hebrew {{wikt-lang|he|שׁוֹשַׁנָּה}} ({{lang|he-Latn|Shoshána}}) meaning "rose" or "lily."Teresa Norman (2003) A World of Baby Names, Perigee Trade; Revised edition {{ISBN|0399528946}} Most famously, the name occurs in the English nursery rhyme "Polly Put the Kettle On."I. Opie and P. Opie, The Oxford Dictionary of Nursery Rhymes (Oxford University Press, 1951, 2nd ed., 1997), pp. 353–54.

Notable people with the name include:

• Suki Brownsdon British swimmer
• Suki Lahav Israeli musician and writer
• Suki Potier English model
• Sukey Richardson Escaped slave and church co-founder
• Suki Schorer, American ballerina and ballet master
• Sukie Smith British actress and musician
• Suki Sommer American music librarian and critic
• Suki Waterhouse, English actress, model and singer-songwriter