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).

Related Names

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