Shoshana Explained
Shoshana (Shoshánna(h),) is a Hebrew feminine first name. It is the name of at least two women in the Bible and, via Greek, Modern (1453-);: Σουσάννα (Greek, Modern (1453-);: Sousanna), it developed into such European and Christian names as Susanna, Susan, Susanne, Susana, Susannah, Suzanne, Susie, Suzie, Sanna and Zuzana. In Ethiopia (gez|ሶስና, Geez: 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,[1] is still commonly used by Jews and in contemporary Israel, often shortened to Hebrew: Shosh or Hebrew: Shoshi. In Biblical times Hebrew: shoshaná referred to a lily (from Lilium family); 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 (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 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 (ru|Шошана Камин|links=no, he|שושנה קמין|links=no; born 1930) Soviet-born Israeli mathematician
- Shoshana Chagall Gungurstein (born 1989), American politician,[2] financier, actress
- Shoshana Lew (born 1983), executive director of the Colorado Department of Transportation
- Shoshana Netanyahu (he|שׁוֹשַׁנָּה נְתַנְיָהוּ|links=no, 1923–2022), Israeli lawyer and judge, a former justice of the Supreme Court of Israel
- Shoshana Persitz (he|שושנה פרסיץ|links=no, 1892–1969), Zionist activist, educator and Israeli politician
- Shoshana Ribner (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
Fictional characters
- Shoshanna Dreyfus, the French Jew who is the female protagonist of the 2009 movie, Inglourious Basterds
- Shoshanna Shapiro, the youngest member of the group of friends in HBO's Girls
- Shoshanna, the name of Upskirt Kurt's seaplane in the Bob's Burgers episode "Seaplane!"
- Shoshanna, Snake's girlfriend in the Simpsons episode "Bart Sells His Soul"
- Shoshana, a cafe owner on Rechov Sumsum, as portrayed on Shalom Sesame by Shosha Goren
- Shoshana Schoenbaum, therapist and alter of Tara Gregson on United States of Tara
- Shoshanna, a character on Nigerian soap opera, Tinsel
- Shoshanna, the daughter of Waverly in The Joy Luck Club
- Shoshanna, the girlfriend of Klaus in American Dad!
- Princesse Shoshana, famous reggae singer, spiritual women, born French country in 1987 in the Alps Debbie
See also
- Susannah (given name)
- Shoshana (film), a 2023 British biographical thriller film directed by Michael Winterbottom
- Shoshana Foundation, non-profit organization founded in 1986 upon the death of Richard F. Gold who was a long time administrator at both the New York City Opera and Chamber Opera Theater of New York
- Sookie, a given name that is derived from Shoshana
Notes and References
- Web site: Shoshana . BehindTheName.com .
- https://ballotpedia.org/Shoshana_Gungurstein
