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Shoshannah is the Hebrew word for lily,
and many names are derived from it including

SHOSHAN which is used by both girls and boys.

It also gives the name Susannah and all of its varieties:

SANNA: Short form of Scandinavian Susanna
SANNE: Dutch short form of German Susanne
SHANNA: Variant spelling of English Shannah
SHANNAH: English name derived from Hebrew Shoshannah
SHOUSHAN: Armenian feminine form of Hebrew unisex Shoshan
SUSAN: Short form of English Susannah
SUSANA: Variant spelling used by the Italians, Portuguese and Spanish.
SUSANITA: Spanish pet form
SUSANN: Swedish
SUSANNAH: English
SUSANNE: German
SUZETTE: Pet form of French Suzanne
SUZIE: Variant spelling of English Susie
SUZY: Variant spelling of English Suzie
SYUZANNA (Сюзанна): Russian form of Greek Sousánna

ZSA ZSA: Variant spelling of Hungarian Zsazsa
ZSAZSA: Pet form of Hungarian Zsuzsanna
ZSUZSA: Pet form of Hungarian Zsuzsanna
ZSUZSANNA: Hungarian form
ZSUZSI: Pet form of Hungarian Zsuzsanna
ZUZANA: Czech and Slovak form
ZUZANNA: Latvian and Polish form

Lily

Lily is a popular name in many languages:
LILY: English name derived from the vocabulary word, lily, meaning simply "lily flower."
LÍLE: Irish form
LÍLIAN: Portuguese
LILIAN: English
LILIANE: French
LILIAS: Scottish
LILIJANA: Slovene
LILJA: Icelandic
LILJANA (Лилјана): Macedonian
LILYANA (Лиляна): Bulgarian

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There are other varieties in other languages.

AZUCENA: Spanish name meaning "madonna lily."
CALLA: English name derived from the name of the Calla Lily,
CRINA: Romanian
HUE: Vietnamese

HUHANA: Maori
KIELO: Finnish
NILOFER (نیلوفر): Persian
MÜGE: Turkish
SAYURI (小百合): Japanese

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