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Susan is a feminine given name, from Persian "Susan" (lily flower), from Egyptian ''c:Lotus flower (hieroglyph), sšn'' and Coptic ''shoshen'' meaning "lotus flower", from Hebrew ''Shoshana'' meaning "lily" (in modern Hebrew this also means "rose" and a flower in general), from Greek ''Sousanna'', from Latin Susanna (given name), ''Susanna'', from Old French ''Susanne''.

Variations

* Susana (given name), Susanna (given name), Susanna, Susannah (given name), Susannah
* Suzana, Suzanna, Suzannah
* Susann, Suzan (disambiguation), Suzan, Suzann
* Susanne (given name), Suzanne (given name), Suzanne
* Susanne (given name)
* Suzan (given name)
* Suzanne (disambiguation), Suzanne
* Suzette (given name)
* Suzy (given name)
* Zuzanna (given name)
*Cezanne (Avant-garde)

Nicknames

Common nicknames for Susan include:
* Sue (disambiguation), Sue, Susie (disambiguation), Susie, Susi (German), Suzi (disambiguation), Suzi, Suzy (disambiguation), Suzy, Suzie (disambiguation), Suzie, Suze (disambiguation), Suze, Poosan, Sanna (name), Sanna, Suzie, Sookie, Sukie (disambiguation), Sukie, Sukey, Subo, Suus (Dutch), Shanti

In other languages

* fa, سوسن (Sousan, Susan)
** tg, Савсан (Savsan), tg, Сӯсан (Sūsan)
* ku, Sosna,Swesne
* ar, سوسن (Sawsan)
* hy, Շուշան (Šušan)
* (Sushan)
* Sujan in Korean (수잔)
* 蘇珊 in Cantonese (Soshan)
* Suzanne in French
* Susan in Dutch
* Susanne in German (also Susanna), Danish and Norwegian
* he, שושנה Shoshana (often shortened to he, שוש Shosh, he, שושי Shoshi)
* Shoshannam in Malayalam
* Zsuzsanna in Hungarian
* Susanna in Italian
* ja, 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 (given name), Azucena (the modern Spanish 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
* ur, کنول (Kanul = Lotus)
* Süsən in Azerbaijani
* ሶስና in Amharic
* sq, Syzana Is actually composed of two word. Sy - eyes, and Zana - Goddess. It means Eyes of a Goddess. It is an original Albanian name. It is not related to Susan but it is common practice when translating books and TV shows to Albanian to convert Susan to Syzana.

See also

* List of people named Susan
* Black-eyed Susan (disambiguation)

References

External links

Etymology of Hebrew "shoshana" – basis of the name "Susan"

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English feminine given names
Persian feminine given names