Susan

Susan
	Stamp of Indonesia with lotus flowers. The name Susan is derived from the Hebrew shoshan, meaning lotus flower in Egyptian.
Gender	Female
Origin
Word/name	Egyptian, Persian, Greek, and Hebrew
Meaning	Lily, Pure, Lotus flower
Other names
Related names	Sue, Suellen, Susie, Susannah, Suzanne
Popularity	see popular names

Susan is a feminine given name, the usual English version of Susanna or Susannah. All are versions of the Hebrew name Shoshana, which is derived from the Hebrew shoshan, meaning lotus flower in Egyptian, original derivation, and several other languages.^[1]^[2]

Variations

Susana (given name), Susanna (or Suzanna), Susannah, Suzana, Suzannah
Susann, Suzan, Suzann
Susanne (given name), Suzanne
Susanne (given name)
Suzan (given name)
Suzanne
Suzette (given name)
Suzy (given name)

Nicknames

Common nicknames for Susan include:

Sue, Susie, Susi (German), Suzi, Suzy, Suzie, Suze, Sanna, Suzie, Sookie, Sukie, Sukey, Subo, Suus (Dutch), Shanti

In other languages

Persian: سوسن (Sousan, Susan)
- Tajik: Савсан (Savsan), Tajik: Сӯсан (Sūsan)
Kurdish: Sosna,Swesne
Suzana in Albanian
Arabic: سوسن (Sawsan)
Armenian: Շուշան (Šušan)
Chinese: 苏珊 (Sushan)
Sujan in Korean (수잔)
蘇珊 in Cantonese (Soshan)
Susan in Indonesian
Suzanne in French
Susan in Dutch
Susanne in German (also Susanna), Danish and Norwegian
Hebrew: שושנה Shoshana (often shortened to Hebrew: שוש Shosh, Hebrew: שושי Shoshi)
Shoshannam in Malayalam
Zsuzsanna in Hungarian
Susanna in Italian
Japanese: スーザン (Sūzan)
Susanna, Sanna and Susanne in Swedish
Zuzanna or Zane in Latvian
Zuzana in Czech and Slovak
Zuzanna in Polish
Susana in Portuguese, Spanish, along with a newly invented form Açucena/Azucena (given name) (the modern Portuguese and Spanish, respectively, word for "lily")
সুসান (Sausan) or সূজ়ন (Suzon) in Bengali
Susanna in Catalan
Suzana in Romanian
Susanna in Estonian
Сузана (Suzana) in Serbian
Susen in Switzerland
Сюзанна (Syuzanna) in Russian
Σουζάνα (Souzana) or Σωσσάνα (Sosana) or Σουσάννα (Sousanna) in Greek
ܫܘܫܢ or ܫܘܫܢܬ (Shushan or Shushaneh) in Assyrian/Chaldean/Aramaic/Syriac
Suzan in Turkish
Сусанна (Susanna) in Ukrainian
Urdu: کنول (Kanul = Lotus)
Süsən in Azerbaijani
ሶስና in Amharic
Huhana in Maori

References

^ Gardiner, Alan H. (1936). "The Egyptian Origin of Some English Personal Names". Journal of the American Oriental Society. 56 (2): 189–197. doi:10.2307/594666. ISSN 0003-0279. JSTOR 594666.
^ Hanks, Patrick; Hardcastle, Kate; Hodges, Flavia (2006). Oxford Dictionary of First Names. Oxford University Press. p. 253-254. ISBN 0-19-861060-2.

External links

Etymology of Hebrew "shoshana" – basis of the name "Susan"

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[1] Gardiner, Alan H. (1936). "The Egyptian Origin of Some English Personal Names". Journal of the American Oriental Society. 56 (2): 189–197. doi:10.2307/594666. ISSN 0003-0279. JSTOR 594666.

[2] Hanks, Patrick; Hardcastle, Kate; Hodges, Flavia (2006). Oxford Dictionary of First Names. Oxford University Press. p. 253-254. ISBN 0-19-861060-2.

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