Susan

Susan is typically a feminine given name, meaning lotus flower in several languages. [1]

Susan
GenderFemale
Origin
Word/nameEgyptian, Persian, Greek, and Hebrew
MeaningLily, Pure, Lotus flower
Other names
Related namesSue, Susie, Susannah, Suzanne
Popularitysee popular names

Variations

Nicknames

Common nicknames for Susan include:

In other languages

  • Persian: سوسن (Sousan, Susan)
    • Tajik: Савсан (Savsan), Tajik: Сӯсан (Sūsan)
  • Kurdish: Sosna,Swesne
  • Arabic: سوسن (Sawsan)
  • Armenian: Շուշան (Šušan)
  • Chinese: 苏珊 (Sushan)
  • Sujan in Korean (수잔)
  • 蘇珊 in Cantonese (Soshan)
  • Suzanne in French
  • Susan in Dutch
  • Susanne in German (also Susanna), Danish and Norwegian
  • Hebrew: שושנה Shoshana (often shortened to Hebrew: שוש Shosh, Hebrew: שושי Shoshi)
  • Shoshannam in Malayalam
  • Zsuzsanna in Hungarian
  • Susanna in Italian
  • Japanese: 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 (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
  • Urdu: کنول (Kanul = Lotus)
  • Süsən in Azerbaijani
  • ሶስና in Amharic
  • Albanian: 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.
  • Huhana in Maori

See also

References

  1. 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. JSTOR 594666.
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