Roxana

Roxana \ro-xa-na, rox-ana\ is a female's name. It consists of 6 letters and 3 syllables.

The baby girl name Roxana is pronounced as RaaKSAENah in English or RowKSAANaa in Spanish ¹.

¹ Pronunciation for Roxana: R as in "race (R.EY.S)" ; AA as in "odd (AA.D)" ; K as in "key (K.IY)" ; S as in "see (S.IY)" ; AE as in "at (AE.T)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)" ; AH as in "mud (M.AH.D)" ; OW as in "oak (OW.K)"

What is the origin of Roxana?

Roxana is an English, German, and Spanish name of Old Persian origin. Derived from the word 'raohschna' meaning bright, dawn, light. Older forms of Roxana include Roschana (Old Persian), Roshanak (Old Persian), Roxana (Latin), and Roxane (Old Greek). The name was borne in the 4th century BC by the Persian wife of Alexander the Great. It was later popularized among English speakers through Daniel Defoe's dark novel Roxana (1724). The name also subsequently appeared as the name of the beautiful Roxanne in Edmond Rostand's play Cyrano de Bergerac (1897). Roxana has 22 variant forms that are used in both English and other languages. Variant forms of Roxana used in English include Rexana meaning, meaning of Rexanna, Rexanne meaning of name, Roxane name (used in French and Greek as well), short names for Roxanna, Roxannia pronounciation, name Roxi, Roxianna meaning and origin, Roxianne meaning, Roxine pronounciation, Roxolana name variations, and nicknames for Rozanne. Other English forms include the familiar forms Roxie meaning and name Roxy meaning, and the variant spellings Roxan meaning of name, Roxann name variations, and Roxanne pronounciation (used in French as well). Foreign variant forms include the Polish and Russian Roksana name, the Portuguese meaning of Rosana, the Italian Rossana name popularity, the Italian name Rossella, and the Romanian Ruxandra name variations. See also the related form, the Indian, Iranian, and Urdu meaning of Roshan.

List of baby names that is pronounced like Roxana:

the Indian Rachana meaning and origin, the name meaning of Rachanna, the English name Ragina meaning, the name baby name Ragine, the name Rajanae name popularity, the name Rajanee pronounciation, the name Rajaney name, the Indian Rajani meaning of name, the name baby name Rajanie, the name Rajany definition, the English name Rajena meaning, the name name Rajnea meaning, the name nicknames for Rakkona, the name name Rakona, the name name Rakshona meaning, the Indian Rasana meaning and origin, the Arabic nicknames for Razana, the name nicknames for Reaghan, the name nicknames for Regana, and the name nicknames for Regeena.

The baby name Roxana fun facts:

The name Roxana in reverse order is "Anaxor".

The numerological value of the name Roxana is number 1, which means initiating action, pioneering, leading, independent, attaining, individual.

How popular is Roxana?

Roxana is in the top names in USA.