Susan

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

Susan

Gender	Female
Origin
Word/name	Persian, Egyptian, Greek, and Hebrew
Meaning	Lily, Pure, Lotus flower
Other names
Related names	Sue, Susie, Susannah, Suzanne
Popularity	see popular names

Susan is a feminine given name, from Persian "Susan" (lily flower), from Egyptian sšn and Coptic shoshen meaning "lotus flower", from Hebrew Shoshana meaning "lily" (in modern Hebrew this also means "rose" and a flower in general), from Greek Sousanna, from Latin Susanna, from Old French Susanne.

Variations

• Susana (given name), Susanna, Susannah
• Suzana, Suzanna, Suzannah
• Susann, Suzan, Suzann
• Susanne (given name), Suzanne
• Susanne (given name)
• Suzan (given name)
• Suzanne
• Suzette (given name)
• Suzy (given name)
• Zuzanna (given name)
• Cezanne (Avant-garde)

Nicknames

Common nicknames for Susan include:

• Sue, Susie, Susi (German), Suzi, Suzy, Suzie, Suze, Poosan, 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
• Arabic: سوسن (Sawsan)
• Armenian: Շուշան (Šušan)
• Chinese: 苏珊 (Sushan)
• Sujan in Korean (수잔)
• 蘇珊 in Cantonese (Soshan)
• 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 Azucena (the modern Spanish 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
• Albanian: Syzana Is actually composed of two word. Sy - eyes, and Zana - Goddess. It means Eyes of a Goddess. It is an original Albanian name. It is not related to Susan but it is common practice when translating books and TV shows to Albanian to convert Susan to Syzana.

See also

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

External links

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