Shoshanna

A girls’ name of Hebrew origin, meaning lily; a form of Susanna.

Babies a year
13
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Shoshanna by the numbers

Shoshanna was given to 13 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 26 babies in 1980, making it a 1980s name.

Other names that come from Susanna

Like Shoshanna, each of these traces back to Susanna: a form of it, a name built from it, or a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.

  • Susannalily, graceful lily156 in the US (2017)
  • Suzannalily; a form of Susanna63 in the US (2017)
  • Zuzannalily; grace; a form of Susanna46 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Zannagracious; short form of Susanna20 in the US (2017)
  • Zanahospitable; a form of Xenia or diminutive of Susanna8 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Suzannahgraceful lily; variant of Susanna14 in the US (2017)
  • Suzanalily; a form of Susanna13 in the US (2017)
  • Sannalily or palm tree; a form of Susanna5 in England and Wales (2025)

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Shoshanna. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Shoshanalily or rose133 in the US (2017)
  • Shoshannahlily; a form of Susannah6 in the US (2017)
  • Sophiannawisdom; a form of sophia with anna suffix6 in the US (2017)

Other names that mean a lily

Like Shoshanna, 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)

Names about as common as Shoshanna

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