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origin. It is the name of women in the Biblical books of
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. It is often spelled Susannah, although Susanna is the original spelling. It is derived from the Egyptian shoshen meaning "lotus flower". Arabic سوسن (Sausan) meaning "lily". Persian سوسن (Susan) is the Persian spelling of this name and the Armenian: Susan, Shushan-Սուսան (Սուսաննա)= Շուշան (Շուշաննա, Շուշանիկ) is means a flower Lilium (Լիլիա). The spelling Susanna is used in
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, as well as in the English-speaking world. The spelling Zuzana is used in
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and spelling Zsuzsanna in
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it is Zuzanna. Even though very uncommon, it is also spelled Susana in Spain and Portugal, where it is more common. The Hebrew form Shoshana is still commonly used by Jewish people in the diaspora and in contemporary
Israel Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...
, often shortened to "Shosh" or "Shoshi".


List of people with the given name Susanna

* Susanna (disciple), one of the women associated with the ministry of Jesus of Nazareth * Susanna, a woman mentioned in
Additions to Daniel The additions to Daniel comprise three chapters not found in the Hebrew/Aramaic text of Daniel. The text of these chapters is found in the Koine Greek Septuagint, the earliest Old Greek translation. The three additions are as follows. *The Pra ...
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Saint Susanna Susanna of Rome (fl. 3rd century) was a Christian martyr of the Diocletianic Persecution. Her existing hagiography, written between about 450 and 500, is of no historical value and the relations it attributes to Susanna are entirely fictitious.Mi ...
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Suzana Ansar Suzana Ansar ( bn, সুজানা আনসার; born 14 February ) is an English singer, actress and television presenter of Bangladeshi descent. Early life Ansar was born London, England to Bangladeshi expatriate parents. Her mother, (J ...
British Bengali Singer and TV personality * Susanna Clarke, British author *
Susanna Dinnage Susanna Dinnage (born 1966/67) is a British businesswoman, who was formerly the current global president of the Animal Planet television network. In November 2018, she became the chief executive-designate of the English Premier League, and was sch ...
, British television businesswoman * Susanna M. D. Fry, American educator, activist * Susanna Hall, William Shakespeare's first daughter * Suzanna Hext, British para swimmer and equestrian * Susanna Hoffs, American musician *
Susanna Maiolo Susanna Maiolo (born 8 November 1984) is a Swiss-Italian woman who twice attempted to attack Pope Benedict XVI. The first attack, in December 2008, was intercepted successfully by members of the Pontifical Swiss Guard. The second attack, on 24 Dece ...
(born 1984), Italo-Swiss attacker of Pope Benedict XVI * Susanna Mälkki, Finnish cellist and conductor * Susanna Nerantzi, Greek pianist and composer * Suzanna Randall, German astrophysicist * Suzanna Sablairolles, Dutch actress * Susanna Tamaro, Italian author *
Susanna Wallumrød Susanna Karolina Wallumrød (born 23 June 1979 in Kongsberg, Norway) is a Norwegian vocalist, known for her low key original songs. She is the sister of the drummer Fredrik Wallumrød and the pianist Christian Wallumrød, cousin of the pianist D ...
(born 1979), Norwegian singer *
Susanna Wesley Susanna Wesley (née Annesley; 20 January 1669 – 23 July 1742) was the daughter of Dr Samuel Annesley and Mary White, and the mother of John and Charles Wesley. “…although she never preached a sermon or published a book or founded a c ...
, mother of
John Wesley John Wesley (; 2 March 1791) was an English people, English cleric, Christian theology, theologian, and Evangelism, evangelist who was a leader of a Christian revival, revival movement within the Church of England known as Methodism. The soci ...
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Charles Wesley Charles Wesley (18 December 1707 – 29 March 1788) was an English leader of the Methodist movement. Wesley was a prolific hymnwriter who wrote over 6,500 hymns during his lifetime. His works include "And Can It Be", "Christ the Lord Is Risen T ...
* Suzzanna, Indonesian Actress *
Suzana Ansar Suzana Ansar ( bn, সুজানা আনসার; born 14 February ) is an English singer, actress and television presenter of Bangladeshi descent. Early life Ansar was born London, England to Bangladeshi expatriate parents. Her mother, (J ...
, British Bengali singer and TV personality * Susannah Carr, Australian newsreader


Fictional characters with the given name Susanna

* Focal character of "
Oh! Susanna "Oh! Susanna" is a minstrel song by Stephen Foster (1826–1864), first published in 1848. It is among the most popular American songs ever written. Members of the Western Writers of America chose it as one of the Top 100 Western songs of all tim ...
", a popular Gold Rush era song by Stephen Foster * Susanna, a principal character in Mozart's 1786 opera ''
The Marriage of Figaro ''The Marriage of Figaro'' ( it, Le nozze di Figaro, links=no, ), K. 492, is a ''commedia per musica'' (opera buffa) in four acts composed in 1786 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, with an Italian libretto written by Lorenzo Da Ponte. It premie ...
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Events

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Killing of Susanna Feldmann Susanna Maria Feldmann (born 2 November 2003) was a 14-year-old German girl who was raped and killed on the night of 22 May 2018 in Wiesbaden. Ali Bashar Ahmad Zebari, a 21-year-old asylum seeker from Iraqi Kurdistan, confessed to the murder and ...
, a crime that occurred in Germany in 2018


See also

* Susanna (disambiguation) * Susan (given name) * Susann *
Susanne (given name) Susanne is a feminine given name. It is a German and Scandinavian form of Susanna, with Susann and Suzanne as variants. Notable persons with the given name Susanne include: * Susanne Antonetta (born 1956), American poet and author * Susanne ...
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Susana (given name) Susana is a feminine given name. Like its variants, which include the names Susanna and Susan, it is derived from Σουσάννα, ''Sousanna'', the Greek form of the Hebrew שושנה, ''Shoshannah'', which could have been derived from the Aram ...
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Susannah (given name) Susannah is a feminine given name. It is an English version of the Hebrew name Shoshana, meaning lily."Susannah."< ...
* Suzanne (given name) *
Sanna (name) Sanna or Sanne is a female name. It is a Scandinavian short form of Susanna that in turn is a Greek version of a Hebrew name meaning "lily". It may also be a Sardinian surname;''Dictionary of American Family Names'', 2013, Oxford University Press. ...
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Susie (disambiguation) Susie is a female name that can be a diminutive form of Susan, Susanne, Suzanne, Susannah, Susanna or Susana. Susie may refer to: Songs * "Susie Q" (song), a 1957 song by Dale Hawkins, covered by Creedence Clearwater Revival (1968) *"Wake U ...
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Susy (disambiguation) Susy is a feminine given name, sometimes a short form (hypocorism) of Susan, Susanne, Susannah, etc. ''Susy'' may refer to: People * Susy Andersen (born 1940), Italian actress * Susanne Augustesen (b. 1956), Danish footballer * Susy Avery (born ...
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Suzy (disambiguation) Suzy may refer to: Arts and entertainment * ''Suzy'' (film), a 1936 film starring Jean Harlow, Franchot Tone and Cary Grant * "Suzy" (Fool's Garden song), a song by German pop band Fool's Garden * "Suzy", a song by French electro swing band Ca ...
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Suzie (disambiguation) Suzie is a feminine given name. Suzie may also refer to: * "Suzie" (Boy Kill Boy song), 2005 * "Suzie" (John Entwistle song), 1996 * ''Suzie'' (film), a 2009 French-Canadian drama film * Suzie River, Quebec, Canada See also * * Suzi (disam ...
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Suze (disambiguation) Suze may refer to: * Suze (river), a tributary of the Aar river in Switzerland * Suze, Drôme, a commune of France in the Drôme department * Suze (drink), a French brand of bitters People with the given name * Suze DeMarchi (born 1964), Austra ...
* Shoshana {{given name Given names of Hebrew language origin English feminine given names Estonian feminine given names Italian feminine given names Swedish feminine given names