Roxana
A girls’ name of Persian origin, meaning dawn; bright; form of Roxane.
Roxana by the numbers
In 2025, 12 babies in England and Wales were named Roxana. In the US, 107 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
It is used at about the same rate on both sides of the Atlantic.
Its American peak was 315 babies in 1991, making it a 1990s name.
Names that come from Roxana
Forms of Roxana in other languages, names built from it, and names that mean a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Roxana. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Roxannadawn; a form of Roxana84 in the US (2017)
- Rosanarose; a form of Rosanna8 in the US (2017)
- Roxanedawn; form of Roxana3 in England and Wales (2025)
- Romanafrom rome, roman woman7 in the US (2017)
- Roxanndawn; a form of Roxana6 in the US (2017)
- Rowanlittle red one; the rowan tree1,398 in England and Wales (2025)
Other names that mean the dawn
Like Roxana, each of these has the dawn in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Auroradawn; Roman goddess of sunrise1,030 in England and Wales (2025)
- Albadawn; white472 in England and Wales (2025)
- Zoradawn203 in the US (2017)
- Roxannedawn; a form of Roxana188 in the US (2017)
- Luceromorning star; bringer of light137 in the US (2017)
- Orianagolden or dawn; from Latin aureus28 in England and Wales (2025)
Other names that mean light
Like Roxana, each of these has light in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
Names about as common as Roxana
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