Susan is a feminine given name, the usual English version of Susanna or Susannah. All are versions of the Hebrew name Shoshana, which is derived from the Hebrew shoshan, meaning lotus flower in several languages. ^{[1] [2]}

Variations

• Susana (given name), Susanna (or Suzanna), Susannah, Suzana, Suzannah
• Susann, Suzan, Suzann
• Susanne (given name), Suzanne
• Susanne (given name)
• Suzan (given name)
• Suzanne
• Suzette (given name)
• Suzy (given name)

Nicknames

Common nicknames for Susan include:

• Sue, Susie, Susi (German), Suzi, Suzy, Suzie, Suze, Sanna, Suzie, Sookie, Sukie, Sukey, Subo, Suus (Dutch), Shanti

In other languages

• Persian: سوسن (Sousan, Susan)
  • Tajik: Савсан (Savsan), Tajik: Сӯсан (Sūsan)
• Kurdish: Sosna,Swesne
• Suzana in Albanian
• 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
• Huhana in Maori