Roxannia as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Roxannia

What is the meaning of the name Roxannia ?

The baby name Roxannia is a Female name , 4 syllables long and is pronounced /rɒkˈsæniə/ (rok-SAN-ee-uh).

Roxannia is Persian in Origin.

Roxannia is a modern, ornamental elaboration of Roxanne/Roxana, ultimately descending from Old Persian Roshanak (“bright, radiant; dawn”), carried into Greek as Roxanē and Latin as Roxana. The name entered Western awareness through Roxana, the Bactrian wife of Alexander the Great, ensuring continuous though fluctuating use across Europe. French literary fame via Rostand’s Cyrano de Bergerac (character Roxane) later propelled the English Roxanne in the 20th century, from which Roxannia likely arose by adding the Latinizing -ia ending.

Variants and related forms include Roxana, Roxanna, Roxanne, Roxane; regional spellings Roksana (Polish and other Slavic), Ruxandra (Romanian), and the original Persian Roshanak. Nicknames commonly used are Roxy and Roxie. As a rarity in English-speaking registries since the late 1900s, Roxannia preserves the core meaning “bright” or “dawn-bright,” offering a luminous, romantic twist on a classic cross-cultural lineage.

⚙ Roxannia is exceptionally rare. Our whole dataset turns up only 1 recorded use, across 1 country.