Zuzana is a common female

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in the

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and

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. It is often translated to other languages as Zuzanna (

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), Suzanne, Susan, or

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– all commonly derived from the

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name

Shoshana Shoshana (''Shoshánna(h)'', ) is a Hebrew feminine first name. It is the name of at least two women in the Bible and, via (), it developed into such European and Christian names as Susanna, Susan, Susanne, Susana, Susannah, Suzanne, Susie, ...

, meaning "lilly". The

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for people with this name is 11 August.

Pronunciation

Both Czech and Slovak have initial stress and mark vowel length with

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s, so the correct pronunciation of the name in the two languages is with the stress on the first syllable and with short vowels /'zuzana/.

Variants of the name (nicknames)

There are several variations of the name. For example, the name is often shortened to Zuzka. For a child with the name Zuzana, one can also use the

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form Zuzanka. A modern nickname would be Zuzi.

People with this first name

Zuzana Brzobohatá Zuzana Brzobohatá (born 11 July 1962) is a Czech Social Democratic Party politician. She sat as a Member of the European Parliament for the Czech Republic from 2009 to 2014. After graduating from the Brno University of Technology, Brzobohatá wo ...

(born 1962), Czech politician *

Zuzana Chalupová Zuzana Chalupová ( sr, Зузана Халупова, Zuzana Halupova; 5 February 1925 – 1 August 2001) was a Serbian naïve painter of Slovak ethnicity, who was born and lived her whole life in the town of Kovačica, Serbia. Her colourful na ...

(1925–2001), Serbian naïve painter *

Zuzana Čaputová Zuzana Čaputová, (; Strapáková; born 21 June 1973) is a Slovak politician, lawyer and environmental activist. She is the fifth president of Slovakia, a position she has held since 15 June 2019. Čaputová is the first woman to hold the presi ...

(born 1973), first woman president of Slovakia, lawyer, activist, politician *

Zuzana Drdáková Zuzana Drdáková (born June 16, 1987) is a Slovak women's ice hockey player. Currently, she is a member of Narmanspor team in Erzurum, Turkey playing as defenseman. She is tall at . Career Club Zuzana Drdáková was with HK Poprad in her cou ...

(born 1987), Slovak ice hockey player *

Zuzana Kečkéšová Zuzana Kečkéšová (born 1980) is a Slovak-American molecular biologist at the Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry of the Czech Academy of Sciences. She investigates the reasons that certain organs are protected from cancer. Earl ...

(born 1980), Slovak molecular biologist *

Zuzana Licko Zuzana Licko (born Zuzana Ličko, 1961) is a Slovak-born American type designer and visual artist known for co-founding Emigre Fonts, a digital type foundry in Berkeley, CA. She has designed and produced numerous digital typefaces including the ...

(born 1961), Slovak-born American type designer, co-founder of Emigre *

Zuzana Navarová Zuzana Navarová de Tejada (18 June 1959, Hradec Králové – 7 December 2004, Prague) was a Czech singer and songwriter. She began her career in the early 1980s as a member of '' Nerez'', and gradually become one of the most significant personal ...

(1959–2004), Czech singer *

Zuzana Rehák-Štefečeková Zuzana Rehák-Štefečeková (born 15 January 1984) is a female Slovak sports shooter. She won the gold medal in the Women's Trap event at the 2020 Summer Olympics and the silver medal at the 2008 and 2012 Summer Olympics. Career Her first big ...

(born 1984), Slovak sports shooter *

Zuzana Roithová Zuzana Roithová (born 30 January 1953) is a Czech politician and former Member of the European Parliament. She was vice-chair of the European Parliament's Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection, a substitute on the Committee on ...

(born 1953), Czech politician *

Zuzana Růžičková Zuzana Růžičková () (14 January 1927 – 27 September 2017) was a Czech harpsichordist. An interpreter of Classical music, classical and Baroque music, baroque music, Růžičková was the first harpsichordist to record Johann Sebastian Bach' ...

(1927–2017), Czech harpsichordist *

Zuzana Tomas Zuzana Tomas (born 15 February 1977, in Brezno), is a Slovak marathon runner. Tomas competed at 2008 Summer Olympics, where she finished 67th in 2:49:39, about ten minutes behind her personal record (2:39:26). Tomas's coach is Aleksandar Tomas. ...

(born 1977), Slovak marathon runner *

Zuzana Zvolenská Zuzana Zvolenská (born 27 January 1972 in Bratislava) is a Slovak lawyer and politician and from 4 April 2012 until 3 November 2014 she was the Minister of Health of Slovakia in Fico's Second Cabinet for the Direction – Social Democracy party ( ...

(born 1972), Slovak Minister of Health

Pronunciation

Variants of the name (nicknames)

People with this first name

See also