The baby name Ruqsana is a Female name , 3 syllables long and is pronounced /rʊkˈsɑːnə/ — rook-SAH-nah (also pronounced rukh-SAH-nah).
Ruqsana is Persian in Origin.
The baby name Ruqsana is a Female name , 3 syllables long and is pronounced /rʊkˈsɑːnə/ — rook-SAH-nah (also pronounced rukh-SAH-nah).
Ruqsana is Persian in Origin.
Ruqsana is a modern South Asian spelling of Rukhsana/Ruksana, a Persian‑derived feminine name. It ultimately goes back to Old Persian Roshanak (روشنک), meaning 'bright, luminous, dawn', known in the West as Roxana, the Bactrian wife of Alexander the Great. In Persian and Urdu, the name also resonates with rukh 'face/cheek', so folk interpretations emphasize 'radiant‑faced' or 'beautiful'.
Usage spans Urdu- and Bengali‑speaking communities and the wider Muslim diaspora since the mid‑20th century, though its classical counterpart Roxana appears in Greco‑Roman sources. Variant spellings include Rukhsana, Ruksana, Ruqsana, Rokhsana; related forms are Roxana, Roxane, Roxanne, and Slavic Roksana. Short forms and nicknames include Roxy and Sana. The q in Ruqsana reflects some Arabic‑script transliteration habits and community preferences. Overall, the name conveys brightness, grace, and dawn‑like radiance.
Ruqsana is a rare name. There are only 21 recorded uses of it in our data, from 7 countries.
Based on birth registration data from national statistics agencies.
| Country | Gender | Year | Rank | Born | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| QA | Girls | 0 | #343 | 1 | 15,378 |
| SD | Girls | 0 | #358 | 1 | 7,678 |
| OM | Girls | 0 | #422 | 3 | 15,987 |
| AE | Girls | 0 | #593 | 5 | 20,968 |
| IN | Girls | 0 | #654 | 1 | 13,121 |
| SA | Girls | 0 | #1,008 | 7 | 25,931 |
| ZA | Girls | 0 | #1,236 | 1 | 25,928 |
| SA | Boys | 0 | #1,690 | 2 | 28,008 |
Ruqsana is popular in 7 countries — most recent births per country:
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