Roxane
A girls’ name of Persian origin, meaning dawn; form of Roxana.
Roxane by the numbers
In 2025, 3 babies in England and Wales were named Roxane. In the US, 8 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given noticeably more often in England and Wales than in the US.
Its American peak was 308 babies in 1956, so it is a 1950s name that has since fallen a long way.
Other names that come from Roxana
Like Roxane, 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.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Roxane. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Roxannedawn; a form of Roxana188 in the US (2017)
- Roxanadawn; bright; form of Roxane107 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)
- Roxannadawn; a form of Roxana84 in the US (2017)
- Royaleroyal; modern spelling of royale81 in the US (2017)
Other names that mean the dawn
Like Roxane, 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)
- Luceromorning star; bringer of light137 in the US (2017)
- Orianagolden or dawn; from Latin aureus28 in England and Wales (2025)
- Ahanadawn, first light of morning15 in England and Wales (2025)
Names about as common as Roxane
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