Shoshana (Shoshanna(h)) (שושנה) is a Hebrew feminine first name. It is the name of at least two women in the Bible, and via Σουσάννα (Sousanna), it developed into such European names as Susanna, Susan, Susanne, Susana, Susannah, Suzanne, Suzie and Sanna. The original Hebrew form Shoshana, from which all these are derived, is still commonly used in contemporary Israel, often shortened to "Shosh" or "Shoshi". In Biblical times "shoshana" referred to a lily (from Lilium family); in modern Hebrew it is often understood as referring to a rose.
It may refer to:
Shoshana Arbeli-Almozlino (born 1926), former Israeli politician who served as Minister of Health between 1986 and 1988Shoshana Bean (born 1977), American stage actress and singer known for her roles in Broadway musicals during the 2000sShoshana Bush (born 1988), American actressShoshana Damari (1923–2006), Yemenite-Israeli singer known as the queen of Hebrew musicShoshana Felman, Woodruff Professor of Comparative Literature and French at Emory UniversityShoshanna Lonstein Gruss (born 1975), American fashion designerShoshana Johnson (born 1973), Panamanian former United States soldier, the U.S. first black female prisoner of warShoshana Kamin, Soviet-born Israeli mathematicianShoshana Netanyahu (born 1923), Israeli lawyer and judge, a former justice of the Supreme Court of IsraelShoshana Parsitz (1892–1969), Zionist activist, educator and Israeli politicianShoshana Ribner (born 1938), Israeli Olympic swimmerShoshana Riseman (born 1948), Israeli music educator, stage director and composerShoshana Rudiakov, Latvian pianistShoshana Zuboff (born 1951), the Charles Edward Wilson Professor of Business Administration at the Harvard Business School (retired)