Shoshana is a Hebrew feminine first name. It is the name of at least two women in the Bible, and via Σουσάννα, it developed into such European and Christian names as Susanna, Susan, Susanne, Susana, Susannah, Suzanne, Susie, Suzie, Sanna and Zuzana. And in Ethiopia : Sosie, sosina, Sosena. And in North-Africa: Sawsen, Sawsan.