Roxanna
A girls’ name of Persian origin, meaning dawn; a form of Roxana.
Roxanna by the numbers
In 2025, 5 babies in England and Wales were named Roxanna. In the US, 84 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 the US than in England and Wales.
Its American peak was 316 babies in 1988, making it a 1980s name.
Other names that come from Roxana
Like Roxanna, 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 Roxanna. 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)
- Rosannarose grace; combination of Rose and Anna56 in England and Wales (2025)
- Roxanndawn; a form of Roxana6 in the US (2017)
- Roanna4 in England and Wales (2025)
- Rihannasweet basil; a form of Rihana162 in the US (2017)
Other names that mean the dawn
Like Roxanna, 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 Roxanna
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