What do you think of Shosanna?

[slhilly]

What do you think of Shosanna as a girl's name? It's listed on Mumsnet's Baby Name Finder.

The name is Shoshana, not Shosanna. It's Hebrew, not Greek -- it features in the Song of Songs ("HaRo'eh baShoshanim")

Don't like it. There are many much nicer Hebrew names.

mat Nothing wrong with Jewish, but it'd be a bit like me giving my child a name normally reserved for example a Malaysian islander, totally feckin' poncey!

Is 'Jewish' that foreign though?

Sounds like a tongue-twister to me.

However, if I'd been called Shoshana, I would definitely have got away with The Pouffe Incident with no worries

Shurely shome mishtake?

I really like it but do see it as a very Jewish/Hebrew/Israeli name. And I am none of the above. It's a name that will probably lead to stereotypes.

mat No, of course not. But as a Jewish woman myself tbh I don't like it when the names are picked up and used willy-nilly.

I see the same thing happening with Irish names, Skihorse. But there are a lot of names that are traditionally Hebrew that are used (although probably not in their original form) by non-Jewish parents -- thinking of both OT and NT names that are very common.

I know it's a proper Jewish name, but it sounds like a drunk saying Susannah.

Susannah is nice though.

means lily. it sounds a lot better as susannah if you're not jewish, a bit pretentious as other posters have pointed out.

I really like it but do think you need to be in some way Jewish to use it as it does stand out.

And please stop with the Sean Connery thing. All I can think of are pooey pouffes!

No I really don't like this. What a mouthful. Susannah sounds much better imo.

its a name from the film inglorious basterds

it does sound like the drunken version of a real name..