Shoshana
A girls’ name of Hebrew origin, meaning lily or rose.
Shoshana by the numbers
In 2025, 5 babies in England and Wales were named Shoshana. In the US, 133 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given several times more often in the US than in England and Wales.
Its American peak was 142 babies in 1997, making it a 1990s name.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Shoshana. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Other names that mean a lily
Like Shoshana, each of these has a lily in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Lillianlily; purity6,139 in the US (2017)
- Lilythe lily flower; purity2,249 in England and Wales (2025)
- Lilianalily; purity2,747 in the US (2017)
- Lillylily flower; variant of Lily382 in England and Wales (2025)
- Lillianalily; pure flower; a form of Lillian1,108 in the US (2017)
- Lilianlily flower; form of Lily506 in the US (2017)
Other names that mean a rose
Like Shoshana, each of these has a rose in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Rosethe rose flower; symbol of love666 in England and Wales (2025)
- Rosierose; from Rose1,343 in England and Wales (2025)
- Rosalierose; form of Rosa with -lie suffix1,339 in the US (2017)
- Rosarose; flower470 in England and Wales (2025)
- Roselynrose flower; a form of Roselyn or Rose437 in the US (2017)
- Rosalynrose; form of Rosalind or Rosalynn294 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Shoshana
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