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Type Surname (from given name)
Usage English
Meaning & History
Comes from the female personal name Susanna, Susanne (Middle English), Susanna (Dutch), from Hebrew Shushannah ‘lily’, ‘lily of the valley’. Southern French: from Occitan susan ‘above’, ‘higher’, hence a topographic name for someone living at the top end of a village or on the side of a valley. Jewish (Sephardic): from the male personal name Susan, a derivative of Arabic susan ‘lily’.