Susanne (given name)

Susanne is a female first name.

Origin and Meaning of the Name

The name is Elamite origin and means lily. The name of the ancient city of Susa has the same meaning. Dan from 13.1 to 64 EU tells the story of Susanna and the Elders.

Frequency

The popularity of the given name in Germany rose from the forties to the late fifties continuously. In the sixties, Susanne was one of the most common female name in popularity surpassed only by the name Sabine. Then his popularity decreased slowly at first, at least since the mid-eighties rapidly again.

Name-day

The story of Susanna is legendary. They had been put to death because she refused to marry the son of the Emperor Diocletian. Other traditions call it as a benefactor of the church at the Baths of Diocletian. Already around 400 Susanna was much honored in Rome. At the place of their martyrdom a church dedicated to her had been built. Their relics are now in the church of Santa Susanna in the Baths of Diocletian in Rome.

The hl. Susanna is the patron saint of the city of Rome and is invoked against storms, misfortune and slander. According to the Martyrology of St. Jerome is their Memorial Day on 11 August.

Variants

  • Short form: Susie, Susie, Suse, Sanne, Sanni, Sanna, Susa, Susu, Su, SUSL, cream, Suska, Sumsl, Sannesu, Suserl
  • Arabic: Sousan, Souzan
  • Aramaic: Shushan
  • Armenian: Susik, Suso, Sus, Shushan
  • Bosnian Suzana ( Сузана )
  • German: Susen
  • English: Susan, Susann, Suzanne [ short form: Sue, Suzie ]
  • Finnish: Susanna
  • French: Suzanne [ short form: Suzy ]
  • Georgian: Shushanik
  • Hebrew: Shoshana שושנה [ short form: Scho ski שושי ]
  • Italian: Susanna [ short form: Susa ]
  • Croatian / Slovenian: Suzana
  • Persian: Soussan سوسن
  • Polish: Zuzanna [ short form: Zuza, Zuzia, Zuzinka ]
  • Swedish: Susanne, Susanna [ short form: Sanna, Sussi ]
  • Serbian Suzana ( Сузана )
  • Slavic: Susanka
  • Spanish / Portuguese: Susana, short form: Susa
  • Czech Zuzana [ Diminutive: Zuzka ]
  • Turkish: Suzan
  • Hungarian: Zsuzsa, Zsuzsi, Zsuzsanna, Zsuzsika, Zsuska

Names makers

  • Susana ( dancer ), actually Susanne Looser (* 1916), Swiss dancer
  • Susanna Agnelli (1922-2009), Italian politician and author
  • Susanne Betancor (* 1964), German cabaret artist
  • Susanne Berckhemer (* 1978), German actress
  • Susanne Beyer ( b. 1961 ), German track and field athlete
  • Susanne Bier ( born 1960 ), Danish director
  • Suzanne of Borsody (* 1957), German actress
  • Suzanne Collins (born 1962 ), American children's book author
  • Susanne Fengler (born 1971 ), German politician, communication expert and author
  • Susanne Fröhlich ( * 1962), German writer and presenter
  • Susanne Gerdom (* 1958), German writer
  • Susanna Gilbert Sättele (* 1953), German editor, journalist, cultural journalist and critic
  • Susanne Hartel (* 1988), German football player
  • Susanne Heim ( born 1955 ), German political scientist and historian
  • Susanne Hoss (* 1968), German actress
  • Susanne Jaffke (* 1949), German politician
  • Susanne Juhnke (* 1944), German actress
  • Susanne Kasperczyk (* 1985), German football player
  • Susanne Kessel ( b. 1970 ), German pianist
  • Susanne Klatten (* 1962), German entrepreneur
  • Susanne Kronzucker (* 1965), German journalist and presenter
  • Susanna Lehtinen ( b. 1983 ), Finnish football player
  • Susanne Lothar (1960-2012), German actress
  • Susanne von Medvey (* 1961), German actress and voice actress
  • Susanne Mischke (* 1960), German writer and screenwriter
  • Susanne Osthoff (born 1962 ), German - Iraqi archaeologist
  • Susanne von Paczensky (1923-2010), German journalist and non-fiction writer
  • Susanna Kay Quatrocchi ( Suzi Quatro ) ( born 1950 ), singer
  • Susanne Riedel ( born 1959 ), German writer
  • Susanne Riermeier (* 1960), German cross-country and marathon champion
  • Susan Rohrer (born 1966 ), German radio presenter
  • Susanne Ruoff (born 1958 ), Swiss Manager
  • Susana Santos Silva ( born 1979 ), Portuguese jazz musician
  • Susanne Harmful (* 1965), German writer, translator and journalist
  • Susanna Simon (* 1968), German actress
  • Suzanne Spaak (1905-1944), French-Belgian Resistance - fighter
  • Susanne Steidle (* 1964), German actress
  • Susanne Stichler (* 1969), German television presenter
  • Susanne Uhlen (* 1955), German actress
  • Suzanne Vega ( born 1959 ), American singer
  • Susanne Wille ( born 1974 ), Swiss journalist
  • Susanne Wolff (born 1973 ), German actress
  • Susanne Wuest (* 1979), Austrian actress

Place names

  • Sainte -Suzanne
  • Santa Susanna (Spain )

Other meanings

  • Susanna (ship), German three-masted, 99 - day circumnavigation of Cape Horn
  • Susanna ( Asteroid )
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