Gender Feminine
Usage Italian, Catalan, Swedish, Finnish, Russian, Ukrainian, Dutch, English, Armenian, Biblical, Biblical Latin, Old Church Slavic
Scripts Сусанна(Russian, Ukrainian) Սուսաննա(Armenian) שׁוֹשַׁנָּה(Ancient Hebrew) Сꙋсанна(Church Slavic)
Pronounced Pron. /su.ˈzan.na/(Italian) /su.ˈzan.nə/(Catalan) /sɵ.ˈsan.na/(Swedish) /ˈsu.sɑn.nɑ/(Finnish) /sʊ.ˈsan.nə/(Russian) /sʊ.ˈsan.nɐ/(Ukrainian) /sy.ˈsɑ.naː/(Dutch) /su.ˈzæn.ə/(English) [key·simplify]
Meaning & History
From Σουσάννα (Sousanna), the Greek form of the Hebrew name שׁוֹשַׁנָּה (Shoshanna). This was derived from the Hebrew word שׁוֹשָׁן (shoshan) meaning "lily" (in modern Hebrew this also means "rose"), perhaps ultimately from Egyptian sšn "lotus". In the Old Testament Apocrypha this is the name of a woman falsely accused of adultery. The prophet Daniel clears her name by tricking her accusers, who end up being condemned themselves. It also occurs in the New Testament belonging to a woman who ministers to Jesus.As an English name, it was occasionally used during the Middle Ages in honour of the Old Testament heroine. It did not become common until after the Protestant Reformation, at which time it was often spelled Susan.
Related Names
VariantsSusanne(Swedish) Susanne(Finnish) Syuzanna(Russian) Suzanne(Dutch) Susan, Suzan, Suzanna, Susanne, Suzanne(English) Syuzanna(Armenian) Susannah(Biblical)
DiminutivesSanna, Susann(Swedish) Sanna, Sanni(Finnish) Sanne, Suus(Dutch) Sookie, Sue, Suki, Sukie, Susie, Suz, Suzi, Suzie, Suzy, Zanna(English) Syuzi(Armenian)
Other Languages & CulturesSuzana(Albanian) Sawsan(Arabic) Sousanna(Biblical Greek) Shoshanna(Biblical Hebrew) Suzana(Croatian) Zuzana, Zuzanka, Zuzka(Czech) Susanne, Sanne, Susann(Danish) Suzanne, Suzette, Suzy(French) Susanne, Susann, Suse, Susi(German) Shoshana(Hebrew) Zsuzsanna, Zsazsa, Zsuzsa, Zsuzsi(Hungarian) Zane, Zuzanna(Latvian) Zuzana(Lithuanian) Suzana(Macedonian) Huhana(Maori) Susanne, Susann(Norwegian) Zuzanna, Zula, Zuza, Zuzia(Polish) Susana(Portuguese) Suzana(Portuguese (Brazilian)) Suzana(Serbian) Zuzana, Zuza, Zuzanka, Zuzka(Slovak) Suzana(Slovene) Susana, Susanita(Spanish)
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Susanna and the Elders by Veronese (1570)
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biblical women, Chocolatier characters, currently out of the US top 1000, Elder Scrolls characters, ends in -anna, flora, flowers, folk songs, Frasier characters, Mayflower passengers, nature, Orthodox saints, plants, saints, Shadowhunters characters, song titles, top 10 in Armenia, uncertain etymology, water