Meaning & origin
What it means
Sowsan is a romanization of سوسن. سوسن goes back to Egyptian zšn (<i class="Latn mention" lang="egy">zšn</i>), meaning “lotus.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Sowsan is a romanization of سوسن. سوسن comes from Middle Persian, and ultimately from Egyptian.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1977. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Sowsan through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 5
- 0 boys · 5 girls
- Most popular year
- 1977
- 5 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 1977. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Sowsan’s family of names
In Persian usage, Sowsan is a Roman-alphabet rendering of سوسن.
The ring: spellings.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
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