Susan

This article is about the given name. For other uses, see Susan (disambiguation).

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, Zuzana, Zuzu
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

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* Susana, Susanna (or Suzanna), Susannah, Suzana, Suzannah
* Susann, Sussan, Suzan, Suzann
* Susanne, Suzanne
* Susanne
* Suzan
* Suzanne
* Suzette
* Susie, Suzy

## Nicknames

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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

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* Albanian and Romanian: Suzana
* Amharic: ሶስና, romanized: Sosna
* Arabic: سوسن, romanized: Sawsan, or سوزان, Sūzān
* Armenian: Շուշան, romanized: Šušan
* Assyrian: ܫܘܫܢ, romanized: Shushan, or ܫܘܫܢܬ, Shushaneh
* Azerbaijani: Süsən
* Bengali: সুসান, romanized: Sausan, or সূজ়ন, Suzon
* Catalan, Estonian and Italian: Susanna
* Chinese: 苏珊, romanized: Sūshān
* Yue Chinese: 蘇珊, romanized: Sou1saan1
* Czech and Slovak: Zuzana
* Danish and Norwegian: Susanne
* Dutch and Indonesian: Susan
* French: Suzanne
* German: Susanne or Susanna
* Swiss Standard German: Susen
* Greek: Σουζάνα, romanized: Souzána, Σωσσάνα, Sōssána, or Σουσάννα, Sousánna
* Hebrew: שושנה, romanized: Shoshana; often shortened to שוש, Shosh, or שושי, Shoshi
* Hungarian: Zsuzsanna
* Japanese: スーザン, romanized: Sūzan
* Korean: 수잔, romanized: Sujan
* Kurdish: Sosna or Swesne
* Latvian: Zuzanna or Zane
* Malayalam: ശോഷണം, romanized: Shoshannam
* Māori: Huhana
* Persian: سوسن, romanized: Sousan or Susan
* Tajik: Савсан, romanized: Savsan, or Сӯсан, Sūsan
* Polish: Zuzanna
* Portuguese: Susana or Açucena
* Serbian: Сузана, romanized: Suzana
* Spanish: Susana or Azucena
* Swedish: Susanna, Sanna or Susanne
* Russian: Сюзанна, romanized: Syuzanna
* Turkish: Suzan
* Ukrainian: Сусанна, romanized: Susanna
* Urdu: کنول, romanized: Kanul, lit. 'Lotus'

## See also

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* List of people named Susan
* Black-eyed Susan (disambiguation)

## References

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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. pp. 253–254\. ISBN 0-19-861060-2.

## External links

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Look up Susan in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.

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

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