ROXANNE  

Gender: F
Origin: Persian
Meaning: "dawn"

Has a touch of the exotic from its Eastern origins, best known as the beautiful heroine to whom Cyrano de Bergerac says, "Your name is like a golden bell".

Variations:
Roxanna, Roxene, Roxiane, Roxey, Roxi, Roksanne, Roxana, Ruksane, Roxyanna, Roxy, Roxan, Roxann, Roxine, Roxannia, Roxianne, Ruksanna, Ruksana

International Variations:
Roxane (Greek) Roksana (Russian)

Roxanne is being discussed in our message boards:

• BABY NAME GAME - lots of kids, lots of questions!
• narrowing my list...need help
• A brother or sister for little Jack or Olivia
• French CAF with namebanks...
• Names from about 1940

Read Nameberry blog posts about Roxanne:

• HEY, JUDE: Names from the Beatles and beyond
• HIPPER THAN HIPSTER
• 70'S BABY NAMES: Beyond Tiffany & Todd
• DAY AND NIGHT BABY NAMES
• NATIONAL PARK NAMES