Susan

susan SUSAN English Etymology 1 English form of the biblical en Susanna, from hbo שׁוֹשַׁנָּה šōšannā lily, ultimately from en egy z:S:n-M9 egy zšn. Pronunciation en /ˈsuː.zən/ /ˈsuː.zɪn/ archaic /ˈsjuː-/ en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Susan.wav Southern England en uːzən 2 Proper noun s en female Hebrew. I III Susan and she - God rest all Christian souls! - / Were of an age. Well, Susan is with God; / She was too good for me. en 1855 w:Elizabeth Gaskell North and South Bernhard Tauchnitz 1855 382 "With all my heart, though I have not an idea who little Susan may be. But I have a kindness for all Susans, for simple Susan's sake. en 1932 w:Ernest Weekley Words and Names J.Murray 84 My own 'reaction' to the name Susan is a vision of a sturdy young woman garbed in 'print' and armed with a mop or other domestic implement, a picture compounded of a succession of domestic Susans passing before the eyes of early childhood. It is symptomatic of the game of general post now being played by the classes and the masses that Susan is taking refuge, with Betty, Peggy, Jane and Ann, among the aristocracy, while Gladys and Muriel reign below stairs, en 2006 w:Anne Tyler Digging to America 10, 62 Alfred A. Knopf 0307263940 Susan, they called her. They chose a name that resembled the name she had come with, Sooki, and also it was a comfortable sound for Iranians to pronounce. "Su-san!" Maryam would sing when she went in to get her from her nap. "Su-Su-Su!"Even on issues pertaining to their daughter, the Yazdans took a very different approach. Imagine changing that charming name, Sooki, part of her native heritage, to plain old Susan! David Wright and Alex Leeds Matthews Musk flexes influence as Wisconsin Supreme Court race smashes spending records https://edition.cnn.com/2025/03/29/politics/ad-spending-wisconsin-election-dg/index.html 2025-03-29 Advertisers from both sides in the officially nonpartisan contest have already combined to spend more than $70 million on the 2025 race, according to data from the ad tracking firm AdImpact. Supporters of the liberal candidate, Dane County Circuit Judge Susan Crawford, have outspent supporters of the conservative candidate, Waukesha County Circuit Judge Brad Schimel, by about $40 million to $33 million. https://web.archive.org/web/20250330112119/https://edition.cnn.com/2025/03/29/politics/ad-spending-wisconsin-election-dg/index.html Usage notes In continuous use since the Middle Ages, with the latest popularity peak in the mid-twentieth century. Derived terms en Susanville lazy Susan slap my ass and call me Susan Related terms en Variants Susanna Susannah Susanne Suzanna Suzannah Suzanne en Diminutives Sue Susie Susy Suze Suzi Suzie Suzy Zan en others Susan B. Anthony Translations female given name Albanian: sq Syzana f Arabic: ar سْوْزَان f Armenian: hy Շուշան Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 蘇珊 Sūshān Coptic: cop ⲥⲟⲩⲥⲁⲛⲛⲁ f Czech: cs Zuzana f Danish: da Susanne Esperanto: eo Susana Faroese: fo Súsanna f Finnish: fi Susanna French: fr Suzanne German: de Susanne Greek: el Σουζάνα, el Σουσάννα, el Σούζαν transliteration from English Ancient Greek: grc Σουσάννα Greenlandic: kl Suusaat Hawaiian: haw Kukana Hebrew: he שׁוֹשַׁנָּה shoshána Hungarian: hu Zsuzsanna, hu Zsuzsa Icelandic: is Súsanna f Ingrian: izh Susana Inuktitut: iu ᓲᓴᓐ Italian: it Susanna Japanese: ja スーザン Sūzan Korean: ko ^수잔 Latvian: lv Zuzanna f Lithuanian: lt Suzana f Macedonian: mk Су́зана f, mk Суза́на f Māori: mi Hūhana Norwegian: no Susanne Occitan: oc Susana f Old Nubian: onw ⲥⲟⲩⲥⲁⲛⲛⲁ Persian: fa سوزان suzân Polish: pl Zuzanna f Portuguese: pt Susana Russian: ru Суса́нна f, ru Сюза́нна f, ru Сью́зан f Sami: Northern Sami: se Susánná Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: sh Сузана f Latin: sh Suzana f Slovak: sk Zuzana f Spanish: es Susana Swedish: sv Susanna Turkish: tr Suzan Welsh: cy Siwsan f Etymology 2 en :af Susa -an + 1 Adjective - en historical Of or pertaining to the ancient city of Susa. Noun en historical A person from the ancient city of Susa. Anagrams en anssu SANUs Ansus unass sauns nasus Nauss NUSAS Danish Etymology da Proper noun da female borrowed from English Romanian Etymology From ro susan. Proper noun m ro