Rox
A boys’ name of Latin origin, meaning rock; diminutive of Roxana.
Babies a year
7
England and Wales, 2025
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
#2952
7 babies
Rox by the numbers
In 2025, 7 babies in England and Wales were named Rox.
Its American peak was 42 babies in 1955, making it a 1950s name.
Other names that come from Roxana
Like Rox, each of these traces back to Roxana: a form of it, a name built from it, or a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.
- Roxannedawn; a form of Roxana188 in the US (2017)
- Roxanadawn; bright; form of Roxane107 in the US (2017)
- Roxannadawn; a form of Roxana84 in the US (2017)
- Roxiedawn; a form of Roxana26 in England and Wales (2025)
- Roxanedawn; form of Roxana3 in England and Wales (2025)
- Roxanndawn; a form of Roxana6 in the US (2017)
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Rox. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Other names that mean a stone or rock
Like Rox, each of these has a stone or rock in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Masonstone worker13,560 in the US (2017)
- Jadejade stone; symbol of virtue and beauty2,765 in the US (2017)
- Harleyhare meadow or rocky meadow366 in England and Wales (2025)
- Peterrock, stone1,777 in the US (2017)
- Harlowrocky hill or army hill832 in the US (2017)
- Pedrostone or rock; Spanish form of Peter809 in the US (2017)