Roxann
A girls’ name of Persian origin, meaning dawn; a form of Roxana.
Babies a year
6
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list
Roxann by the numbers
Roxann was given to 6 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 426 babies in 1955, so it is a 1950s name that has since fallen a long way.
Other names that come from Roxana
Like Roxann, 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 Roxann. 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)
- Roxannadawn; a form of Roxana84 in the US (2017)
- Roxanedawn; form of Roxana3 in England and Wales (2025)
- Rosannrose; a form of Rosanne or Rose-Ann
- Rowanlittle red one; the rowan tree1,398 in England and Wales (2025)
Other names that mean the dawn
Like Roxann, 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 Roxann
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