Susan

Susan
Gender	Female
Origin
Word/name	Persian language, Egyptian language, Greek,
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 "lily flower", from Egyptian sšn and Coptic shoshen meaning "lotus flower",^[1] 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[]

Nicknames[]

Common nicknames for Susan include:

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

In other languages[]

Persian: سوسن‎ (Sousan, Susan) / Tajik: Савсан (Savsan), Tajik: Сӯсан (Sūsan)
Kurdish: Sozan‎
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 in Serbian
Susen in Switzerland
Сюзанна 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 in Ukrainian
Urdu: کنول‎ (Kanul = Lotus)
Süsən in Azerbaijani
ሶስና in Amharic

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.

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.

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