Sookie, also written ‘Sukey’ or ‘Suki’, is a variant of the name
Susan or
Susannah
''Susannah'' is an opera in two acts by the American composer Carlisle Floyd, who wrote the libretto and music while a member of the piano faculty at Florida State University. Floyd adapted the story from the Apocryphal tale of Susanna (Book of D ...
, from Hebrew () meaning "rose" or "lily."
[Teresa Norman (2003) ''A World of Baby Names'', Perigee Trade; Revised edition ] Most famously, the name occurs in the English
nursery rhyme
A nursery rhyme is a traditional poem or song for children in Britain and many other countries, but usage of the term dates only from the late 18th/early 19th century. The term Mother Goose rhymes is interchangeable with nursery rhymes.
From t ...
"
Polly Put the Kettle On
"Polly Put the Kettle On" is an English nursery rhyme. It has a Roud Folk Song Index number of 7899.
Lyrics
Common modern versions include:
:Polly put the kettle on,
:Polly put the kettle on,
:Polly put the kettle on,
:We'll all have tea.
: ...
."
[I. Opie and P. Opie, ''The Oxford Dictionary of Nursery Rhymes'' (Oxford University Press, 1951, 2nd ed., 1997), pp. 353–54.]
Sookie may refer to the following fictional characters:
*
Sookie St. James, from the TV series ''Gilmore Girls''
*
Sookie Stackhouse
Sookie Stackhouse is a fictional character and protagonist of ''The Southern Vampire Mysteries'' book series, written by Charlaine Harris. In HBO's television adaptation, ''True Blood'', Sookie is portrayed by Anna Paquin.
Creation and casting
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, appearing in ''
The Southern Vampire Mysteries
''The Southern Vampire Mysteries'', also known as ''The True Blood Novels'' and ''The Sookie Stackhouse Novels'', is a series of books written by bestselling author Charlaine Harris. The first installment, ''Dead Until Dark'' (2001), won the Ant ...
'' novels and the ''
True Blood
''True Blood'' is an American fantasy horror drama television series produced and created by Alan Ball. It is based on ''The Southern Vampire Mysteries'', a series of novels by Charlaine Harris. A reboot is currently in development.
The serie ...
'' TV adaptation
*
Sookie Saperstein, a character in ''Igby Goes Down''
See also
*
Suki (disambiguation)
Suki may refer to:
People
* Suki (Low Sook Yee) (born 1989), Malaysian singer, winner of the reality TV series ''One in a Million''
* Suki Brownsdon (born 1965), British swimmer
* Suki Chan (born 1977), Hong Kong artist
* Suki Chui (born 1 ...
*
Sukie (disambiguation)
Sukie is an English four piece indie band.
Sukie may also refer to:
* ''Sukie Rougemont'', fictional character in ''The Witches of Eastwick'' and in the film based on it
* Sukie Smith (born 1964), English actress and musician
* ''Principessa ...
References
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