Susan
| Gender | Female |
|---|---|
| Origin | |
| Word/name | Persian language, Egyptian language, Hebrew, Greek, |
| Meaning | Lily, Rose, Lotus flower |
| Other names | |
| Related names | Sue, Susie, Susannah, Suzanne |
| Popularity | see popular names |
Susan is a feminine given name, from Persian "lily flower", from Egyptian sšn and Coptic shoshen meaning "lotus flower",[1] from Hebrew Shoshana meaning "lily" (in modern Hebrew this also means "rose" and a flower in general), from Greek Sousanna, from Latin Susanna, from Old French Susanne.
Variations
- Susana (given name), Susanna, Susannah
- Suzana, Suzanna, Suzannah
- Susann, Suzan, Suzann
- Susanne (given name), Suzanne
- Susanne (given name)
- Suzan (given name)
- Suzanne
- Suzette (given name)
- Suzy (given name)
- Cezanne (Avant-garde)
Nicknames
Common nicknames for Susan include:
- Sue, Susie, Susi (German), Suzi, Suzy, Suzie, Suze, Poosan, Sanna, Suzie, Sookie, Sukie, Sukey, Subo, Suus (Dutch)
In other languages
- Template:Lang-fa (Sousan, Susan) / Template:Lang-tg (Savsan), Template:Lang-tg (Sūsan)
- Template:Lang-ar (Sawsan)
- Template:Lang-hy (Šušan)
- Chinese: 苏珊 (Sushan)
- Sujan in Korean (수잔)
- 蘇珊 in Cantonese (Soshan)
- Suzanne in French
- Susan in Dutch
- Susanne in German, Danish and Norwegian
- Template:Lang-he Shoshana (often shortened to Template:Lang-he Shosh, Template:Lang-he Shoshi)
- Shoshannam in Malayalam
- Zsuzsanna in Hungarian
- Susanna in Italian
- Template:Lang-ja (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 (the modern Spanish word for "lily")
- Susanna in Catalan
- Suzana in Romanian
- Susanna in Estonian
- Сузана in Serbian
- Susen in Switzerland
- Сюзанна 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 in Ukrainian
- Template:Lang-ur
- Süsən in Azerbaijani
- ሶስና in Amharic
See also
References
- ^ Gardiner, Alan H. (1936). "The Egyptian Origin of Some English Personal Names". Journal of the American Oriental Society. 56 (2): 189–197. doi:10.2307/594666. ISSN 0003-0279.
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