Shoshana

Where Shoshana comes from

Borrowed from Hebrew שׁוֹשַׁנָּה (shoshána).
— Wiktionary's entry for Shoshana
  • Hebrew
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1948
    First appearance
    #4,205 among girls, 7 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1984
    Peak, #1,225
    106 babies named Shoshana — more than any year before or since.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from Hebrew.
Namesakes

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Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.