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]}

Contents

• Variations
• Nicknames
• In other languages
• See also
• References
• External links

Variations

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

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

• 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, German : Susann 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 orSusan
  • 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

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

References

External links

Look up Susan in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.

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

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