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in reply to a message by Anneza
found this on Ancestry.com no idea of how correct it is but if it is it may answer some of your query
What does the Susan name mean?
Last Name: Susan
1) English and Dutch: from the female personal name Susanna, Susanne (Middle English), Susanna (Dutch), from Hebrew Shushannah ‘lily’, ‘lily of the valley’.
2)Southern French: from Occitan susan ‘above’, ‘higher’, hence a topographic name for someone living at the top end of a village or on the side of a valley.
3)Jewish (Sephardic): from the male personal name Susan, a derivative of Arabic susan ‘lily’.
cant find any other referrance to it being a male Jewish name but have seen it as a surname before now
What does the Susan name mean?
Last Name: Susan
1) English and Dutch: from the female personal name Susanna, Susanne (Middle English), Susanna (Dutch), from Hebrew Shushannah ‘lily’, ‘lily of the valley’.
2)Southern French: from Occitan susan ‘above’, ‘higher’, hence a topographic name for someone living at the top end of a village or on the side of a valley.
3)Jewish (Sephardic): from the male personal name Susan, a derivative of Arabic susan ‘lily’.
cant find any other referrance to it being a male Jewish name but have seen it as a surname before now
This message was edited 1/18/2006, 11:35 AM
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