Susanna

שׁוֹשַׁנָּה

• Gender: Female
• Origin: Biblical English
• Meaning: lily

• Susanna traces its roots to the Hebrew Shoshana, meaning "lily," and it has been blooming across cultures for centuries. It appears in the biblical Apocrypha as the name of a virtuous woman whose story became a symbol of integrity, and it has since traveled through Greek, Latin, and English with its graceful charm fully intact. A name that manages to feel both literary and botanical, timeless and quietly romantic.

  It feels like a name plucked from a Jane Austen novel that happens to have deep Hebrew roots — and that is precisely its charm. Parents rediscovering elegant, unhurried names are giving it a quiet second look, drawn to its warmth and its refusal to be rushed. Three syllables that bridge the bloom of Shoshana and the romance of the English literary tradition, beautifully.

• Alternate Spellings: Susannah
• Hebrew Equivalent:
  Shoshana
• Potential Sibling Name:
  Gabriella
  ,
  Tobi
  ,
  Reuben
  ,
  Jesse
• Theme: nature