Roxana (first name)

Roxana or Roxane is a female given name .

Origin and meaning of the name

Roxana comes from the Old Persian Rauḫšna = reading Ara-uchschna ,روشنک Roschanak and means " dawn " or "the shining one ".

variants

• Rosana (Spanish)
• Roschanak (Persian)
• Rossana (Italian)
• Roxane [ ʁɔksan ] (English, French)
• Roxani (Greek)
• Roxanne (English, French)
• Roxy (English)
• Ruxandra (Romanian)

Well-known namesake

Roxana

• Roxana Briban (1971-2010), Romanian soprano
• Roxana Cogianu (* 1986), Romanian rower
• Roxana Díaz (* 1981), Cuban sprinter
• Roxana Mărăcineanu (* 1975), French swimmer and politician of Romanian origin
• Roxana Nubert (* 1953), Romanian German and Romance studies
• Roxana Saberi (* 1977), journalist with US and Iranian citizenship
• Roxana Scarlat (* 1975), Romanian fencer
• Roxana Vivian (1871–1961), American mathematician
• Roxana Zal (* 1969), American actress

Roxane

• Roxane (Cambyses II) (≈540–523 BC), wife of the Achaemenid Cambyses II.
• Roxane (Alexander the Great) (≈345–310 BC), Bactrian princess, first wife of Alexander the Great

• Roxane Duran (* 1993), Austro-French [1] actress
• Roxane Fournier (* 1991), French cyclist
• Roxane Gay (* 1974) American author, editor and English professor of Haitian descent
• Roxane Hayward (* 1991), South African model and actress
• Roxane Knetemann (* 1987), Dutch racing cyclist
• Roxane Mesquida (* 1981), French film actress

Roxanna

• Roxanna M. Brown (1946–2008), American and Thai art historian and journalist
• Roxanna Panufnik (* 1968), English composer of Polish origin

Roxanne

• Roxanne Atkins (1912–2002), Canadian hurdler
• Roxanne Kimberly Barker (* 1991), South African soccer player
• Roxanne Dufter (* 1992), German speed skater
• Roxanne Hall (* 1976), British porn actress and actress
• Roxanne Hart (* 1952), American actress
• Roxanne McKee (* 1980), British actress and model
• Roxanne Seeman (* 1954), American songwriter, poet, and music producer
• Roxanne Shanté (* 1969), American rapper and psychologist

Web links

Wiktionary: Roxane  - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations