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.
GenderFemale
Origin
Word/nameEgyptian, Persian, Greek, and Hebrew
MeaningLily, Pure, Lotus flower
Other names
Related namesSue, Suellen, Susie, Susannah, Suzanne
Popularitysee 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

Nicknames

Common nicknames for Susan include:

In other languages

  • Persian: سوسن (Sousan, Susan)
    • Tajik: Савсан (Savsan), Tajik: Сӯсан (Sūsan)
  • Kurdish: Sosna,Swesne
  • Suzana in Albanian
  • 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 Açucena/Azucena (given name) (the modern Portuguese and Spanish, respectively, 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
  • Huhana in Maori

See also

References

  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. p. 253-254. ISBN 0-19-861060-2.
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