Shoshana

Shoshana ("Shoshánna(h)", ) is a Hebrew feminine first name. It is the name of at least two women in the Bible, and via (), it developed into such European and Christian names as Susanna, Susan, Susanne, Susana, Susannah, Suzanne, Susie, Suzie, Sanna and Zuzana. And in Ethiopia (Ge'ez, ሶስና, ሦሥና): Sosie, sosina, Sosena. And in North-Africa: Sawsen, Sawsan.
The original Hebrew form Shoshana, from which all these are derived, is still commonly used in contemporary Israel, often shortened to or . In Biblical times referred to a lily (from Lilium family); in modern Hebrew it is often understood as referring to a rose.
It may refer to: