Susanna (given name)

Suzanna

17th century print depicting Susanna and Jehoiakim
Gender	Female
Origin
Meaning	lily, anemone, true beauty
Other names
Alternative spelling	Susannah, Suzannah, Susana, Suzana, Suzanna
Related names	Susan, Suzanne, Zsuzsanna, Snežana

Susanna or Suzanna is a feminine first name, of Egyptian and Persian origin. It is the name of women in the Biblical books of Daniel and Luke. It is often spelled Susannah, although Susanna is the original spelling.^{[ citation needed ]} It is derived from the Egyptian shoshen, meaning "lotus flower". ^[1]

Arabic سوسن (Sausan) meaning "iris". Persian سوسن (Susan) is the Persian spelling of this name and the Armenian "Susan", Shushan-Սուսան (Սուսաննա)= Շուշան (Շուշաննա, Շուշանիկ) also means iris. The spelling Susanna is used in Sweden, Italy, the Netherlands and Finland, as well as in the English-speaking world. The spelling Zuzana is used in Czech Republic and Slovakia and spelling Zsuzsanna in Hungary. In Poland it is Zuzanna. Even though very uncommon, it is also spelled Susana in Spain and Portugal, where it is more common.

The Hebrew form Shoshana is still commonly used by Jewish people in the diaspora and in contemporary Israel, often shortened to "Shosh" or "Shoshi".

“As chaste as Susanna” is an English saying in reference to the Biblical character. ^[2]

List of people with the given name Susanna

• Susanna (disciple), one of the women associated with the ministry of Jesus of Nazareth
• Susanna, a woman mentioned in Additions to Daniel
• Susanna of Rome, Christian martyr
• Suzana Ansar, British Bengali singer and TV personality
• Susannah Carr, Australian newsreader
• Susanna Clarke, British author
• Susanna Dinnage, British television businesswoman
• Susanna M. D. Fry, American educator, activist
• Susanna Hall, William Shakespeare's first daughter
• Suzanna Hext, British para swimmer and equestrian
• Susanna Hoffs, American musician
• Susanna Maiolo (born 1984), Italo-Swiss attacker of Pope Benedict XVI
• Susanna Mälkki, Finnish cellist and conductor
• Susanna Minguell, Spanish philosopher and writer
• Susanna Nerantzi, Greek pianist and composer
• Suzanna Randall, German astrophysicist
• Suzanna Sablairolles, Dutch actress
• Suzanna Shahbazian, Canadian rhythmic gymnast
• Susanna Tamaro, Italian author
• Susanna Wallumrød (born 1979), Norwegian singer
• Susanna Wesley, mother of John Wesley and Charles Wesley
• Suzzanna Martha Frederika van Osch (known mononymously as Suzzanna), Indonesian actress
• Kim Susanna (stage name Bessie, born 2004), South Korean singer, rapper and member of girl group Lapillus

Fictional characters with the given name Susanna

• Focal character of "Oh! Susanna", a popular Gold Rush era song by Stephen Foster
• Susanna, a principal character in Mozart's 1786 opera The Marriage of Figaro
• Suzzanna: Bernapas dalam Kubur (Suzzanna: Buried Alive), a 2018 Indonesian horror film directed by Rocky Soraya and Anggy Umbara and written by Bene Dion Rajagukguk

Events

• Killing of Susanna Feldmann, a crime that occurred in Germany in 2018

See also

• Susanna (disambiguation)
• Susan (given name)
• Susann
• Susanne (given name)
• Susana (given name)
• Susannah (given name)
• Suzanne (given name)
• Sanna (name)
• Susie (disambiguation)
• Susy (disambiguation)
• Suzy (disambiguation)
• Suzie (disambiguation)
• Suze (disambiguation)
• Shoshana

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.
2. Straubinger, O. Paul (September 1955) [9-1], "Names in Popular Sayings", Names: A Journal of Onomastics, 3 (3): 157–164