Given name
Sawsan
“resembling the graceful white lily”·“resembling a graceful white lily”
Sawsan is a form of Susannah. One Hebrew interpretation is “resembling a graceful white lily.”
Original Arabicسوسن
Meaning & origin
What it means
In Arabic use, Sawsan carries the interpretation “resembling the graceful white lily.” Sawsan is a form of Susannah. One Hebrew interpretation is “resembling a graceful white lily.”
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Arabic.
How it developed
Sawsan is used as a form of Susannah.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1980. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Sawsan through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 71
- 0 boys · 71 girls
- Most popular year
- 1991
- 7 babies
- 2025
- 6
- #14,651 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 6 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 14,651 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for girls was 7 in 1991. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,448 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Sawsan’s family of names
Sawsan is a form of Susannah. Sawsan has a related form in Sausan. Sawsan has a related form in Sausanna.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 7
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Sawsan
- Sawsan BadrEgyptian actressborn 1957
- Sawsan RabieEgyptian actress (1962–2021)
- Sawsan ChebliGerman politicianborn 1978
- Sawsan AmerEgyptian artistborn 1937
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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