Girl · Hebrew, through Greek and Latin
Zsuzsanna
Say it: ZHOO-zhawn-naw
Meaning
From Hebrew Shoshannah 'lily'.
Certainscholars agree on this meaning.
A long-standing Hungarian form of Susanna, especially frequent among Protestant families.
Its wave through time
No birth counts are recorded for this name in the records loaded here: it has been given to fewer than five babies a year, or not at all, since records began.
Through the ages
- The High and Late Middle Ages1100 to 1450
- The Renaissance1400 to 1600
- The Age of Revolutions1750 to 1837
- Victorian and Belle Époque1837 to 1914
- The Modern Age1880 to today
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Zsuzsa, Zsuzsi
| English | Susanna |
|---|---|
| French | Suzanne |
| German | Susanne |
| Czech | Zuzana |
Famous bearers
- Zsuzsanna Lorántffy, 17th-century patron of Protestant schools
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Where this comes from
- The Hebrew Bible and the New Testament
- Parish baptism registers
- National birth statistics of European countries source
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