Roxane

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Gender Feminine

Usage French, English, Ancient Greek

Scripts Ρωξανη(Ancient Greek)

Pronounced Pron. RAWK-SAN(French)

rahk-SAN(English)

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Meaning & History

French and English form of ROXANA. This is the name of Cyrano's love interest in the play 'Cyrano de Bergerac' (1897).

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VariantsRoxanne(French) Roxana, Roxanne, Rexana, Rexanne(English) Roxana(Ancient Greek)

DiminutivesRoxie, Roxy(English)

Other Languages & CulturesRoshanak(Ancient Persian) Rossana(Italian) Roshanak(Persian) Roksana(Polish) Rosana(Portuguese) Roxana, Ruxandra(Romanian) Roksana(Russian) Roxana(Spanish)

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Sources & References

Lexicon of Greek Personal Names, available from http://www.lgpn.ox.ac.uk/publications/index.html

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Entry updated December 8, 2017