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shoshanna

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pixiestix · 11/07/2010 18:00

Can I get your opinions please on the name Shoshanna? I think its lovely but I want to make sure that I'm getting the pronounciation right.
I met someone with this name recently who pronounced it Shoh-sha-na, but I'm sure that in Inglorious Basterds its spelt the same way and pronounced more like Sosh-ha-na
But I may just be misremembering the film...
Anyone?

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Colliecross · 16/07/2010 17:09

I used to know a Shushanna - I thought it was lovely until I said it at home and my mother said "shoe shiner, what kind of a name is that?'

ReasonableDoubt · 16/07/2010 13:35

Bit too much 'sh-sh-sh' going on for my liking.

mamsnet · 16/07/2010 10:28

I love Lily!

BustleInYourHedgerow · 16/07/2010 00:05

Not even Shoshanna though, Shashanna! They still don't know what their mother was thinking. God I hope they're not on MN!

SuzysZoo · 15/07/2010 21:13

How do you feel about the name Lily? Because I think Susan/Shoshanna derives from the Hebrew for Lily. So you could call your DD Lily after your mother.....
I think the world is ready for a few Susans now.... and other 40 something names like Deborah, Lisa and Nicola!!
However, on the Susan theme....
Susie
Suzie
Suzy
Suzi
Siouxi
Susanna
Suzanna
Suzanne
Susannah
Zanna
Zannah
Tiger-Lily (see above!)

HarderToKidnap · 15/07/2010 12:28

It's often prounounced with the stress on the third syllable (Shoshshe-naaar) which makes it a bit more pronounceable. I really like it.

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pixiestix · 15/07/2010 12:25

Hmmm, not too keen on Susannah but I don't know why. I have no reason to dislike it but it just doesn't have the "wow" factor for me.

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MmeLindt · 15/07/2010 12:23

at sisters called Shoshanna and Savannah.

Would that not make you say Shavanna?

I don't like the name, too slurry and indistinct.

ShadeofViolet · 15/07/2010 12:19

Its too slurry - like a drunk person speaking.

maktaitai · 15/07/2010 12:14

I think it's beautiful.

valiumSingleton · 15/07/2010 12:07

It sounds like somebody saying Susannah after a bottle of wine. I really wouldn't use it. I understand it has a history and is a proper name, but Susannah is a better choice imo

shoshe · 15/07/2010 11:36
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LaDiDaDi · 15/07/2010 11:27

I really, really like it, I also love Susannah.

mamsnet · 15/07/2010 11:24

I was just about to say the same.. Drunk saying Suzanna..

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pixiestix · 15/07/2010 11:21

Thanks for the input. LOL at a drunk person saying Suzanna!

I really quite like it. I was reading that it is the original Hebrew root word for the Anglicized Susan - that is my mothers name, and although I love her to bits and would like to honour her I really don't want to call my child Susan!

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logi · 15/07/2010 00:23

My sons partner is called shoshanna and my cousins daughter is called shoshoni nn shana and shoni...i like both names.

JonahB · 14/07/2010 23:27

I knew 2 Shoshana's when i was a child. Both Jewish. They pronounced it Shoh-sha-na. It got shortened to Shosh or Shoshie. I like it but i don't think it will be to everyone's taste.

SirBoobAlot · 14/07/2010 22:55

It sounds and looks made up, IMO.

SuzysZoo · 14/07/2010 22:44

It is unusual but it seems quite hard to pronounce. Does it sound like a drunk person saying Suzanna?

BustleInYourHedgerow · 14/07/2010 22:09

Thanks Was getting frustrated trying to find a name, and Stairway was in my head. I'm rather suprised nobody has suggested it as a baby name in this topic yet, TBH.

seenyertoeslately · 13/07/2010 01:02

I quite like the name.

but I LOVE the name BustleInYourHedgerow. I always thought that it was such a funny line in the song, conjuring up such a strange image

Sorry to hijack.

BustleInYourHedgerow · 13/07/2010 00:02

I know a Shashanna. Her sister is Savannah. I really don't like it, sorry. And it probably will be shortened.

BrittanyBeers · 12/07/2010 22:33

Shurely shome mishtake?

Sorry.
I've never heard of this name in the UK.

Cake · 11/07/2010 21:45

It's considered a Jewish name in the US because it IS a Jewish name.

I like it.

For Jewish babies.

sedgiebaby · 11/07/2010 21:31

I liked shoshanna too but what made me think twice is that I'm on an intl baby board and it is in the US considered a jewish name (nothing wrong with that but I'm not jewish) and a bit dated.
I would expect it to be pronounced Shoh-sha-na