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What does Roxanne mean?
Roxanne 
▼ as a girls' name is pronounced roks-ANN. It is of Persian origin, and the meaning of Roxanne is "dawn". Roxandra is a contemporary blend of Roxane and Alexandra, appropriate since Roxane was the Persian princess Alexander the Great married during his travels of conquest. Roxane is the heroine of Rostand's play "Cyrano de Bergerac".
ASSOCIATED WITH dawn, blend, princess, great, conquest (victory), heroine, play (opera)
Variations
VARIANTS Oksana, Oksanna, Roksanne, Roxana, Roxandra, Roxana, Roxane▼, Roxann▼, Roxanna▼, Roxeena, Roxene, Roxey, Roxi, Roxiane, Roxianne, Roxie▼, Roxine, Roxy, Roxyanna, Ruksana, Ruksane, Ruksanna
SEE ALSO Rexanne
CREATIVE FORMS(female)
(male)
MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGS
Roxanne Jazmin (R.J.), ..
How popular is Roxanne?
Roxanne is a very prominent first name for females (#389 out of 4276, Top 9%) but an uncommon surname for all people. (2000 U.S. DEMOGRAPHICS)
Roxanne was first listed in 1930-1939 and reached its peak position of #192 in the U.S. during the years 1950-1959, and is presently at #1272. (TOP BABY NAMES, 2018)
Which version is better?
Prominent related forms of Roxanne (#1272 LAST YEAR) are Alexandra (#125), Roxana (#1969), Oksana, Roxane, Roxann, Roxanna, Roxie and Roxy. These relations of Roxanne reached the height of their popularity in 1993 (ADOPTION OF 0.64%) and are now significantly less widespread (ADOPTION 0.16%, ▼75.3%), with versions such as Roxann becoming somewhat outmoded.
Similar Names
Roxanne▼ is alike in pronunciation to Rexine. Other recommended sound-alike names are Joanne▼, Joeanne, Johanne, Jolanne, Josanne, Jovanne, Joyanne, Louanne, Raeanne, Rajanae, Rajanee, Reanne, Reeanne, Rexana, Rexanna, Rheanne, Rianne, Roanna, Roanne, Robynne, Rohanna, Rolande, Romaine, Romane, Romayne, Rosana, Rosanie, Rosanna▼, Rosannah, Rosanne▼, Roseann▼, Roseanna, Roseanne, Rosene, Rosine, Rossanna (see Roseanne), Royanna, Rozanna, Rozanne, Rozeanna (see Roseanne), Rozene, Ryanne, Yolanne and Zoanne. These names tend to be less commonly used than Roxanne.
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