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The baby name roxana is a Female name , 3 syllables long and is pronounced {'IPA': ['/rɒkˈsænə/', '/rɑkˈsænə/', '/roksaˈna/'], 'respelling': ['rok-SAN-uh', 'rok-SAH-nuh', 'roks-AH-nah (Spanish)']}.

roxana is Persian in Origin.

Gender: Female
Syllables: 3.0
Origin: Persian
Pronunciation: {'IPA': ['/rɒkˈsænə/', '/rɑkˈsænə/', '/roksaˈna/'], 'respelling': ['rok-SAN-uh', 'rok-SAH-nuh', 'roks-AH-nah (Spanish)']}

What is the meaning of the name roxana ?

The baby name roxana is a Female name , 3 syllables long and is pronounced {'IPA': ['/rɒkˈsænə/', '/rɑkˈsænə/', '/roksaˈna/'], 'respelling': ['rok-SAN-uh', 'rok-SAH-nuh', 'roks-AH-nah (Spanish)']}.

roxana is Persian in Origin.

Roxana derives from Greek Roxane (Latin Roxana), ultimately from Old Persian Raoxšna/Avestan raoxšna, meaning “bright, luminous,” often glossed as “dawn.” The name gained early fame through Roxana (Roxane), the Bactrian noblewoman who became the wife of Alexander the Great, which carried it into Greek and Roman literature and later European onomastics.

Usage spread intermittently across Europe, resurfacing with Renaissance classicism and strengthened in English by Daniel Defoe’s novel Roxana (1724) and in French by Edmond Rostand’s Cyrano de Bergerac, where the heroine is Roxane. Modern forms include Roxane (French), Roxanne and Roxanna (English), Roxana (Spanish, Romanian), Roksana (Polish), and Roxána (Hungarian). Diminutives and nicknames include Roxy, Roxie, and Roxi. Cognate or related forms in Persian and South Asian contexts include Rukhsana/Rukhsanah. Across traditions, the core sense remains a radiant, shining one, evoking brilliance at daybreak.

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roxana – Popularity by country

Based on birth registration data from national statistics agencies.

Country Gender Year Rank Born of
SV Girls 0 #11 8 458
ET Girls 0 #16 1 372
HN 0 #20 3 704
MD 0 #34 1 434
HN Girls 0 #36 3 884
HN Boys 0 #52 1 749
PR 0 #55 1 1,497
JP 0 #74 4 4,057
BG 0 #81 2 1,799
MD Girls 0 #88 5 865
KZ 0 #92 3 1,452
QA 0 #105 2 7,011
EC 0 #108 29 2,502
CY Girls 0 #115 18 3,755
HU 0 #115 1 1,675
OM 0 #121 1 6,215
PA 0 #123 31 3,797
CY Boys 0 #131 1 3,473
GR 0 #135 1 3,911
EE Girls 0 #141 2 1,888
MT Girls 0 #148 6 3,773
CR 0 #150 55 5,526
PR Girls 0 #156 15 3,171
UY 0 #173 12 2,477
HU Boys 0 #174 1 3,954
PR Boys 0 #178 1 2,508
AE 0 #179 9 10,220
LU Girls 0 #180 11 4,850
AR 0 #181 81 2,915
CZ 0 #185 2 3,154
RU 0 #194 1 3,641
DK 0 #200 7 5,198
LT Girls 0 #200 1 1,904
PL 0 #209 4 2,600
AO Girls 0 #215 3 4,575
HU Girls 0 #218 8 3,308
LU Boys 0 #220 1 4,970
IR 0 #224 8 4,221
PS 0 #224 3 5,692
BG Girls 0 #225 7 3,559
EC Girls 0 #234 123 3,650
BD 0 #237 5 5,992
GR Girls 0 #237 29 6,293
NA Girls 0 #237 1 7,146
JP Girls 0 #238 32 6,592
EC Boys 0 #244 3 3,322
GH 0 #248 1 5,396
PT 0 #249 2 4,161
MO Girls 0 #262 2 7,056
GR Boys 0 #272 2 6,912
IL 0 #275 8 6,291
JM Girls 0 #276 3 7,507
SG 0 #281 2 11,010
TW Girls 0 #287 3 8,139
HR Girls 0 #294 1 3,687
KZ Boys 0 #296 1 6,578
JP Boys 0 #302 2 7,909
PE 0 #302 411 6,350
GT 0 #307 195 5,948
SA 0 #312 1 10,560
DK Girls 0 #316 27 7,429
KZ Girls 0 #320 21 5,862
JO Girls 0 #328 14 7,570
QA Girls 0 #331 13 15,378
CZ Girls 0 #339 14 5,378
PL Boys 0 #340 1 6,459
PL Girls 0 #346 137 5,096
CN Girls 0 #353 7 8,829
MY 0 #354 1 12,352
BR 0 #357 4 5,969
SD Girls 0 #358 1 7,678
MU Girls 0 #360 3 8,539
BO 0 #374 626 6,868
BD Girls 0 #387 26 8,413
JO Boys 0 #389 1 7,057
YE 0 #398 1 8,639
CL 0 #404 440 6,867
UY Boys 0 #408 6 5,922
EG 0 #410 3 6,387
MX 0 #410 174 8,339
OM Girls 0 #418 7 15,987
PH Girls 0 #429 1 13,098
PT Girls 0 #452 41 7,952
AR Boys 0 #466 46 7,628
ZA 0 #471 4 14,421
PA Girls 0 #475 862 9,861
CO 0 #481 75 7,768
GT Boys 0 #483 19 7,625
PA Boys 0 #494 14 9,305
CR Boys 0 #496 17 10,188
GT Girls 0 #498 1,119 7,500
RU Girls 0 #501 64 11,913
UY Girls 0 #505 845 6,731
IQ Girls 0 #520 6 11,303
CR Girls 0 #524 2,209 11,342
IR Girls 0 #526 153 8,334
PS Girls 0 #533 16 10,981
CM Girls 0 #551 10 11,671
KW Girls 0 #555 7 19,177
IR Boys 0 #562 4 10,162
AE Girls 0 #572 28 20,968
CM Boys 0 #575 1 12,054
BH 0 #583 5 17,937
AR Girls 0 #592 3,308 8,289
BO Boys 0 #594 68 9,244
BO Girls 0 #603 6,258 9,488
BD Boys 0 #605 1 10,045
IL Girls 0 #620 41 11,648
SG Girls 0 #629 4 18,916
HK Girls 0 #640 11 16,104
CL Boys 0 #671 45 13,390
LB 0 #679 12 13,263
IQ Boys 0 #696 2 13,071
SG Boys 0 #739 1 17,960
QA Boys 0 #742 2 18,093
SY 0 #752 18 11,684
NG Girls 0 #823 4 15,093
CL Girls 0 #843 6,743 14,098
TN 0 #862 4 13,765
PE Boys 0 #884 148 14,506
OM Boys 0 #918 1 17,948
EG Boys 0 #924 2 15,035
PE Girls 0 #935 12,368 14,861
CO Boys 0 #957 27 15,656
BR Girls 0 #965 43 12,708
EG Girls 0 #990 20 14,742
NG Boys 0 #1,001 1 16,906
SA Girls 0 #1,002 13 25,931
MX Boys 0 #1,006 48 16,355
MY Girls 0 #1,063 10 24,821
CO Girls 0 #1,078 2,070 16,140
MX Girls 0 #1,179 3,861 17,781
MA 0 #1,180 20 20,986
ZA Girls 0 #1,215 22 25,928
DZ 0 #1,230 5 20,130
TR 0 #1,233 23 19,440
SA Boys 0 #1,690 2 28,008

roxana is popular in 69 countries — most recent births per country:

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roxana is predominantly a girl's name.
roxana is a 3 syllable name, pronounced {'IPA': ['/rɒkˈsænə/', '/rɑkˈsænə/', '/roksaˈna/'], 'respelling': ['rok-SAN-uh', 'rok-SAH-nuh', 'roks-AH-nah (Spanish)']}.
Common nicknames and spelling variations include Roxane, Roxanne, Roxanna, Roksana, Roshanak and Ruxana.
roxana is a name of Persian origin, traditionally used in Iran. It doesn't appear in the major international birth registries we track, but it is an established name within Iran and its diaspora communities.