Susannah

A Dictionary of First Names | 2006 | 337 words | Copyright

Susannah ♀ Variant of Susanna, in 2003 the most common in this group of names. It is the form of the name used in the Old Testament. The tale of Susannah, wife of Joachim, and the elders who falsely accused her of adultery, is to be found in the apocryphal book that bears her name, and was popular in the Middle Ages and later.

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