Zuzana

Zuzana is a common female given name in the Czech Republic and Slovakia. It is often translated to other languages as Zuzanna (Polish), Zsuzsanna (Hungarian), Suzanne, Susan, or Susannah – all commonly derived from the Hebrew language name Shoshana, meaning "lily".

The nameday for people with this name is 11 August.

Both Czech and Slovak have initial stress and mark vowel length with acute accents, so the correct pronunciation of the name in the two languages is with the stress on the first syllable and with short vowels /'zuzana/.

There are several variations of the name. For example, the name is often shortened to Zuzka. For a child with the name Zuzana, one can also use the diminutive form Zuzanka. A modern nickname would be Zuzi.

People named Zuzana or Zuzanna include:

Zuzana Brzobohatá (born 1962), Czech politician
Zuzana Čaputová (born 1973), first woman president of Slovakia, lawyer, activist, politician
Zuzana Chalupová (1925–2001), Serbian naïve painter
Zuzanna Czyżnielewska (born 1992), Polish volleyball player
Zuzana Dolinková (born 1983), Slovak politician
Zuzana Drdáková (born 1987), Slovak ice hockey player
Zuzanna Famulok (born 2003), Polish swimmer
Zuzanna Ginczanka (1917–1944), Polish-Jewish poet
Zuzana Kečkéšová (born 1980), Slovak molecular biologist
Zuzana Licko (born 1961), Slovak-born American type designer, co-founder of Emigre
Zuzanna Maciejewska (born 1995), Polish former tennis player
Zuzanna Mazurek (born 1991), Polish swimmer
Zuzana Navarová (1959–2004), Czech singer
Zuzanna Orłowska (died after 1583), a mistress of Sigismund II Augustus, King of Poland
Zuzana Paňková (born 2004), Slovak slalom canoeist
Zuzana Plháková (born 1976), Slovak politician
Zuzanna Radecka (born 1975), Polish sprinter
Zuzana Remeňová (born 2000), Slovak biathlete
Zuzana Rehák-Štefečeková (born 1984), Slovak sports shooter
Zuzana Roithová (born 1953), Czech politician
Zuzana Růžičková (1927–2017), Czech harpsichordist
Zuzanna Shonfield (1919–2000), Polish-born British writer and historian
Zuzanna S. Siwy (born 1972), Polish–American chemist
Zuzanna Smykała (born 1990), Polish snowboarder
Zuzanna Szadkowski (born 1978), Polish-American actress
Zuzana Tomčíková (born 1988), Slovak retired ice hockey and ball hockey goaltender
Zuzanna Topolińska (born 1931), Polish linguist
Zuzana Tlučková (born 1962), Slovak actress
Zuzana Tomas (born 1977), Slovak marathon runner
Zuzana Zvolenská (born 1972), Slovak Minister of Health

See also