shoshana

Shoshana (Shoshánna(h), {{wikt-lang|he|שׁוֹשַׁנָּה}}) is a Hebrew feminine first name. It is the name of at least two women in the Bible and, via {{lang|el|Σουσάννα}} ({{lang|el-Latn|Sousanna}}), it developed into such European and Christian names as Susanna, Susan, Susanne, Susana, Susannah, Suzanne, Susie, Suzie, Sanna and Zuzana. In Ethiopia ({{langx|gez|ሶስና}}, {{lang|gez|ሦሥና}}) it became Sosie, Sosina, Sosena, while in North Africa it yielded Sawsen and Sawsan.

The original Hebrew form Shoshana, from which all these are derived,{{cite web |url=http://www.behindthename.com/name/shoshana |title=Shoshana |publisher=BehindTheName.com }} is still commonly used by Jews and in contemporary Israel, often shortened to {{lang|he-Latn|Shosh}} or {{lang|he-Latn|Shoshi}}. In Biblical times {{lang|he-Latn|shoshaná}} referred to a lily (from Lilium family);{{citation needed|date=March 2022}} in modern Hebrew it refers to a rose.

Notable people with the name include:

• Soshana Afroyim (1927–2015), Austrian painter who adopted the name (with a variant spelling) during her stay in Israel
• Shoshana Arbeli-Almozlino ({{langx|he|שושנה ארבלי-אלמוזלינו|links=no}}, 1926–2015), former Israeli politician who served as Minister of Health between 1986 and 1988
• Shoshana Bean (born 1977), American stage actress and singer known for her roles in Broadway musicals during the 2000s
• Shoshana Bush (born 1988), American actress
• Shoshana Chatfield, vice admiral, United States Navy
• Shoshana Damari ({{langx|he|שושנה דמארי|links=no}}, 1923–2006), Yemenite-Israeli singer known as the queen of Hebrew music
• Shoshana Felman (born 1942), Woodruff Professor of Comparative Literature and French at Emory University
• Shoshanna Lonstein Gruss (born 1975), American fashion designer
• Shoshana Johnson (born 1973), Panamanian former United States soldier, the first black female U.S. prisoner of war
• Shoshana Kamin ({{langx|ru|Шошана Камин|links=no}}, {{langx|he|שושנה קמין|links=no}}; born 1930) Soviet-born Israeli mathematician
• Shoshana Chagall Gungurstein (born 1989), American politician, https://ballotpedia.org/Shoshana_Gungurstein financier, actress
• Shoshana Lew (born 1983), executive director of the Colorado Department of Transportation
• Shoshana Netanyahu ({{langx|he|שׁוֹשַׁנָּה נְתַנְיָהוּ|links=no}}, 1923–2022), Israeli lawyer and judge, a former justice of the Supreme Court of Israel
• Shoshana Persitz ({{langx|he|שושנה פרסיץ|links=no}}, 1892–1969), Zionist activist, educator and Israeli politician
• Shoshana Ribner ({{langx|he|שושנה ריבנר|links=no}}, 1938–2007), Israeli Olympic swimmer
• Shoshana Riseman (born 1948), Israeli music educator, stage director and composer
• Shoshana Rudiakov (1948–2012), Latvian pianist
• Shoshannah Stern (born 1980), American actress
• Shoshana Zuboff (born 1951), professor of Business Administration at the Harvard Business School.
• Shoshana Leone Sarchar (Born 1977-1998) miss Fitness Denmark