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 Egyptian, original derivation, and several other languages.
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Variations
Susana, Susanna (or Suzanna), Susannah, Suzana, Suzannah
Susann, Sussan, Suzan, Suzann, Souzan
Susanne, Suzanne
Suzette
Susie, Suzy
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
Albanian and Romanian: Suzana
Amharic: ሶስና, romanized: Sosna
Arabic: سوسن, romanized: Sawsan, or سوزان, Sūzān
Armenian: Շուշան, romanized: Šušan
Assyrian: ܫܘܫܢ, romanized: Shushan, or ܫܘܫܢܬ, Shushaneh
Azerbaijani: Süsən
Bengali: সুসান, romanized: Sausan, or সূজ়ন, Suzon
Catalan, Estonian and Italian: Susanna
Chinese: 苏珊, romanized: Sūshān
Yue Chinese: 蘇珊, romanized: Sou1saan1
Czech and Slovak: Zuzana
Danish and Norwegian: Susanne
Dutch and Indonesian: Susan
French: Suzanne
German: Susanne, German: Susann or Susanna
Swiss Standard German: Susen
Greek: Σουζάνα, romanized: Souzána, Σωσσάνα, Sōssána, or Σουσάννα, Sousánna
Hebrew: שושנה, romanized: Shoshana; often shortened to שוש, Shosh, or שושי, Shoshi
Hungarian: Zsuzsanna
Japanese: スーザン, romanized: Sūzan
Korean: 수잔, romanized: Sujan
Kurdish: Sosna or Swesne
Latvian: Zuzanna or Zane
Malayalam: ശോഷണം, romanized: Shoshannam
Māori: Huhana
Persian: سوسن, romanized: Sousan or Susan
Tajik: Савсан, romanized: Savsan, or Сӯсан, Sūsan
Polish: Zuzanna
Portuguese: Susana or Açucena
Serbian: Сузана, romanized: Suzana
Spanish: Susana or Azucena
Swedish: Susanna, Sanna or Susanne
Russian: Сюзанна, romanized: Syuzanna
Turkish: Suzan
Ukrainian: Сусанна, romanized: Susanna
Urdu: کنول, romanized: Kanul, lit. 'Lotus'