Roxana

Gender: F Popularity: this week. Origin of Roxana: Persian Meaning of Roxana: "dawn; or, little star"

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The name of the wife of Alexander the Great, more attractive than the better-known Roxanne. Roxana was first used in the English-speaking world in the 1600s and was popularized by Daniel Defoe's novel Roxana, published in 1724. An underused and attractive possibility.

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Famous People Named Roxana

Roxana Tomasa Diaz Sanchez- Cuban track and field sprinter
Roxana Luca- Romanian figure skater
Roxana Zal- American actress
Roxana Saberi- Iranian-American journalist and former Miss North Dakota who was accused by Iran of espionage and imprisoned in Evin Prison for 101 days.
Roxana Maracineanu- Romanian-born French backstroke swimmer.
Roxana Cocos- Romanian weightlifter
Roxana Boamfa- Romanian figure skater
Roxana Barca- Romanian long-distance runner
Roxana- a city in Illinois, USA
Roxana- Bactrian princess and wife of Alexander the Great

Pop Culture References for the Name Roxana

Alexandre et Roxane- An opera by Mozart
Roxana Romance- 2008 novel by A.J. Cave
Character in Alexander: The Ends of the Earth- 2002 novel by Valerio Massimo Manfredi
The Romance of Ricardo and Roxana- 1909 novel by Marshall Monroe Kirkman
Roxana- 1724 novel by Daniel Defoe
Les mains de Roxana- A French tv show directed by Phillipe Setbon

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