| Pronunciation | Soo-zen |
|---|---|
| Gender | Female |
| Meaning | Lily, Pure, Lotus flower |
| Origin | Egyptian, Persian, Greek, and Hebrew |
| Related names | Sue, Suellen, Susie, Susannah, Suzanne, Zuzana, Zuzu |
| Popularity | Susan |
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, 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
- Arabic: سوسن, or none: سوزان
- Armenian: Շուշան
- Assyrian: ܫܘܫܢ, or none: ܫܘܫܢܬ
- Azerbaijani: Süsən
- Bengali: সুসান, or none: সূজ়ন
- Catalan, Estonian and Italian: Susanna
- Chinese: 苏珊
- Cantonese: 蘇珊
- Czech and Slovak: Zuzana
- Danish and Norwegian: Susanne
- Dutch and Indonesian: Susan
- French: Suzanne
- German: Susanne, German: Susann or Susanna
- de-ch: Susen
- Greek: Σουζάνα, none: Σωσσάνα, or none: Σουσάννα
- Hebrew: שושנה; often shortened to none: שוש, or none: שושי
- Hungarian: Zsuzsanna
- Japanese: スーザン
- Korean: 수잔
- Kurdish: Sosna or Swesne
- Latvian: Zuzanna or Zane
- Malayalam: ശോഷണം
- Māori: Huhana
- Persian: سوسن or Susan
- Tajik: Савсан, or none: Сӯсан
- Polish: Zuzanna
- Portuguese: Susana or Açucena
- sr-cyrl: Сузана
- Spanish: Susana or Azucena
- Swedish: Susanna, Sanna or Susanne
- Russian: Сюзанна
- Turkish: Suzan
- Ukrainian: Сусанна
- Urdu: کنول
See also
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. pp. 253–254. ISBN 0-19-861060-2.