| Susan | |
|---|---|
| Gender | Female |
| Meaning | lily |
| Origin | Persian |
| Related names | Sue, Susukie, Susie, Susie-Q, Suzie, Suzan |
| Popularity | Popular names page |
| Wikipedia articles | All pages beginning with Susan |
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Susan is a female given name, a form of Susanna, deriving originally from Middle Egyptian "sšn" (lotus flower), first reported on an 11.Dyn. sarcophagus approximately 2000 B.C. Susan is a very popular name, and variations are found in many languages.
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Origin
The Persian name for lily is sausan. A similar word, shoshan, exists in Hebrew, meaning a type of flower, but the exact type is not known. The name of Susa, an ancient city of Persia, may be derived from the lilies which abounded in the plain in which it was situated. In Hungarian, the name 'Zsuzsa' is a form of Susan, which there also means 'evil.'
Quick Facts
- Name: Susan
- Gender: Female
- Origin: Persian
- Meaning: Lily
Variations and Nicknames
From Hebrew: Susana, Susann, Susanna, Susannah, Susanne Common nicknames for Susan include Sue, Sus u sound as in ugly, Susukie, Susie, Susie-Q, Suzie, Suz (long "U"), Susiebird or Sanna[2]
English given name Susan in other languages
- Zuzana in Slovak
- سوسـن Sawsan in Arabic
- Suzanne in French
- Susanne in German
- Shoshana in Hebrew
- Zsuzsa or Zsuzsanna in Hungarian; pet name is ZsaZsa[3]
- Susanna in Italian and in Swedish
- Xuxa in Latin origin
- Zuzana in Czech
- Zuzanna in Polish
- Susana in Portuguese and Spanish
- Sosamma in Malayalam
- Susanna in Estonian
Famous Susans
- Susan B. Anthony, an American feminist and suffragette of the 19th century, 1820-1906
- Sue Bird, basketball player, 1980-
- Susan Cheever, author
- Susan Cookson, British actress
- Susan Dey, American actress, 1952-
- Susan Hampshire, English actress, 1942-
- Susan J. Helms, American astronaut, 1958-
- Susan Isaacs, author
- Susan G. Komen, breast cancer victim at 36, whose sister named a foundation after her
- Susan Lucci, American actress, 1946-
- Susan Polgar, Hungarian-American grandmaster chess player, 1969-
- Susan Polis Schutz, American poet and greeting card writer, 1944-
- Susan Sarandon, American actress, 1946-
- Susan Ann Sulley, British Popstar
- Susan Saint James, American actress, 1946-
Fictional characters
- Susan Mayer, a main character in the TV series Desperate Housewives
- Susan Pevensie, a main character in The Chronicles of Narnia
- Susan Bones, a character from Harry Potter
- Susan Sto Helit, a Discworld character
- Susan Delgado, a character from The Dark Tower series
- Susan Foreman, a recurring character in Doctor Who
- Susan Moore (General Hospital), a fictional character from 1978-1983 on the American soap opera
People
- Susan Anton
- Susan Brown
- Susan Cooper
- Susan Corrock
- Susan Crile
- Susan Eldridge, an American model
- Susan Engel
- Susan Fleetwood
- Susan Furmage
- Susan Gardiner
- Susan Guerin
- Susan Hendricks
- Susan Jeanes
- Susan Kinski
- Susan Knowles
- Susan Lawrence
- Susan Lyons
- Susan McClary
- Susan McDougal
- Susan Milan
- Susan Miller, Baroness Miller of Chilthorne Domer
- Susan Moller Okin
- Susan Powter
- Susan Ruskin
- Susan Saint James
- Susan Seaforth Hayes
- Susan Sontag
- Susan Still-Kilrain
- Susan Tedeschi
- Susan Tully
- Susan Tyrrell
- Susan Ward
- Susan Weil
- Susan (Japanese singer)
