First names in Hebrew

First name Sue: meaning, origin and its Hebrew spelling

שושנה

Gematria value: 661

Its spelling

In Hebrew, Sue is written שושנה

RecommendedשושנהThe original spellingSue is a short form of Susan, from Shoshana, שושנה in Hebrew.Value: 661

סוAs it sounds in EnglishThe Hebrew letters that transcribe the sound of your name: for a book that reads this sound rather than the origin of the name.Value: 66

For the book, we recommend the original spelling, the one the name comes from; the phonetic spelling remains possible for those attached to the sound of their name.

Meaning and origin

What does Sue mean?

Meaning: short form of Susan, Shoshana, "lily"
Origin: Hebrew

Sue is the short form of Susan and Suzanne, so familiar in America in the 1940s and 1950s that it was often given on its own. Susan comes from the Hebrew Shoshana, “lily”, the flower of the Song of Songs.

Gematria

Sue = 661

In Hebrew, every letter is also a number. Added together, the letters of the name give its value: this is gematria. שושנה has 5 letters:

שthe letter Shin300
וthe letter Vav6
שthe letter Shin300
נthe letter Nun50
הthe letter He5
Total661

Written סו (as it sounds in English), Sue is worth 66.

The verse of the name

From the letter Shin to the letter He

An ancient custom gives each person a verse: the one that begins with the first letter of their name and ends with the last. For Sue, from ש to ה:

שִׂנְאָה תְּעֹרֵר מְדָנִים וְעַל כׇּל־פְּשָׁעִים תְּכַסֶּה אַהֲבָה׃

“Hatred stirs up quarrels, but love covers all offenses.”

Proverbs 10:12

The book of your first name

Sue, in nine pages

Sue, in Hebrew
Letter by letter
The number of your name
The verse of your name
The portrait of Sue
Sue, day to day
What tradition says about names
The sources

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Frequently asked

Sue in three answers

How do you write Sue in Hebrew?
In Hebrew, Sue is written שושנה. Sue is a short form of Susan, from Shoshana, שושנה in Hebrew. As it sounds in English, it is written סו.

What is the gematria value of Sue?
Written שושנה, Sue is worth 661: the letter Shin (300) + the letter Vav (6) + the letter Shin (300) + the letter Nun (50) + the letter He (5). Written סו (as it sounds in English), it is worth 66.

What does Sue mean?
Short form of Susan, Shoshana, "lily (origin: Hebrew). Sue is the short form of Susan and Suzanne, so familiar in America in the 1940s and 1950s that it was often given on its own. Susan comes from the Hebrew Shoshana, “lily”, the flower of the Song of Songs.

A name describes a leaning, never a destiny: “Israel is above the mazal” (Shabbat 156a).