Roxanne
Roxanne is a Persian feminine given name. The English rendition of the name is derived from Greek Ῥωξάνη Rhōxanē, used for Roxana, one of Cambyses's wives, the daughter of Idérnēs, a sister of one sister of king Mithridates VI, and the wife of Alexander the Great. The name originates from the Old Persian Raṷxšnā-, meaning “bright” or “radiant”.
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Meaning & Origin of Roxanne
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Roxanne is a Persian feminine given name. The English rendition of the name is derived from Greek Ῥωξάνη Rhōxanē, used for Roxana, one of Cambyses's wives, the daughter of Idérnēs, a sister of one sister of king Mithridates VI, and the wife of Alexander the Great. The name originates from the Old Persian Raṷxšnā-, meaning “bright” or “radiant”.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
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The Story of Roxanne
American parents first put Roxanne on the record books as a baby girl name in 1906, with 6 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1954, when 2,232 Roxannes were born — ranking #158 that year. About 28% of every Roxanne on record arrived during the 1950s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Roxanne ranks #1,375 for baby girls with 164 births, gradually falling (-14%). All told, over 60K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1900s to the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Roxanne
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Roxanne. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
Notable people named Roxanne
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- Roxana , Bactrian princess and wife of Alexander the Great
- Saint Humility (1226–1310), Italian saint known as Saint Roxanne ( Santa Rosanna )
- Roxanne Avent (born 1976), American film producer and movie studio executive
- Roxanne Barcelo (born 1985), Filipino-American actress, model and singer
- Roxanne Barker (born 1991), South African football goalkeeper
- Roxanne Beck , American singer and voice actress
- Roxanne Beckford (born 1969), American actress
- Roxanne Benjamin , American film producer, writer and director
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Names that sound like Roxanne
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About the name Roxanne
Roxanne is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1906 and has accumulated 60K births in the dataset. Roxanne's peak popularity came in 1954 when it ranked #158. Use the chart and map above to compare Roxanne's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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