Reasons I like this name:1. Suits all ages2. Interesting history3. Roxie is such a cute nickname4. Strong sounding, but also perfectly girly and glamorous5. The meaning is lovely.
I think Roxana is a gorgeous name that sounds classy yet modern and unique at the same time. I love Roxi/Roxy for a nickname. I also love the meaning, and I think the name ages flawlessly. Overall, I think Roxana is a lovely name.
Roxana Mehran is an Iranian-American cardiologist and Mount Sinai Endowed Professor of Medicine at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. She is known for her work in interventional cardiology.
Roxana Hartmann (née Luca) is a Romanian former competitive figure skater. She is a ten-time Romanian national champion and represented her country at two Olympics. She qualified for the free skate at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, four European Championships, and two World Junior Championships. Her best ISU Championship result was 15th, which she achieved at the 2002 Junior Worlds and 2005 Europeans.
Roxana Chu-Yee Ng (1951–2013) was a Hong Kong-Canadian activist and scholar for fair migrant labour, gender and racial equality, and decolonising pedagogy. She is noted for her research on the garment industry in Canada and its relation to immigration, gender, race, and class, as well as her contributions to institutional ethnography, embodied learning and critical pedagogy.
My name is Roxana. Roxana is the name of the daughter of Cyrus, who is the first king of Iran and the greatest king of the world, which belongs to 3000 years ago.
Roxana is exotic and pretty, and it sounds spunky while managing to be sophisticated enough for a career or an older woman. A timeless name indeed. Also, the meaning is quite appealing. This is my favorite of the Rox- names.
I was born Roxana, but over the years, it got revised to Roxanne. I used to hate my name because it was so different and unique in my area. Now, I've grown to love my name because of its uniqueness. Roxanne/Roxana means "Dawn." Or "Little bright star."
― Anonymous User 5/31/2018
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Roxana Saberi is an American freelance journalist and former Miss North Dakota pageant winner. She was held prisoner in Iran's Evin Prison for 101 days under accusations of espionage. She subsequently wrote a book about the experience.
It is the name of the only wife of the famous Alexander the Great, at time in which kings had many wives, she was his only wife... there are many fictional novels written about her, Rukhsana. Very beautiful name.
― Anonymous User 4/7/2014
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My name at birth was Roxann. Looking into every possible definition of my name I found that it's origin is Persian. Translating "princess of Persia". Never saw it spelled the same way though.
I think this is an absolutely wonderful name, really beautiful and strong-sounding, although despite this, I do not consider this being usable, except on somebody who is Middle Eastern or of Persian/Middle Eastern descent. I think the name Roxanne is more of a westernized version, and could be usable for Europeans, but, unfortunately, I don't like this variant.
This is really cool, because my name is Roxana. My nickname is Roxy. I was born and raised in Sweden, but my bloodline is Persian. So everybody calls me IceRoxyy! Yes, this is one of the best names in the world. And I don't mean because my name is Roxana, but because you can experiment with it, and change it into different names.
I really like this name. It sounds like a name that would belong to someone strong, punkish, and clever. However, I am less passionate about the nickname of "Roxy".
Daniel Defoe wrote a novel called "Roxana: The Fortunate Mistress" in 1724.
― Anonymous User 6/20/2007
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It's a man's name at the origin, and it was given to the first wife of Alexander the great, Roxana, daughter of Darius the 3rd, emperor of Persia. She is said to have been a very beatiful and passionate woman. It means something like "brightful/shiny" or "star".
― Anonymous User 1/17/2007
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This is my name and I love it! I'm very proud of its Asian origins, it was brought to us by the Gypsies.
― Anonymous User 12/29/2006
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Beautiful!
― Anonymous User 6/22/2006
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A pretty, classy name. I think it's nice but instead of being called "Roxy" I like the nickname "Anny" better. :)
― Anonymous User 6/2/2006
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I think this is a nice name. It evens means dawn. Sweet!
ROXANA is the Greek form of an Iranian (Persian) name. The name is ROSHANAK which means "little star". ROSHANAK was the official wife of Alexander the Great. Roshanak was the daughter of an Iranian noble man. When she married Alexander, her name became popular in other countries. Since the original name ROSHANAK was hard to pronounce for Greeks, they changed it to ROXANA. The Iranian name Roshanak is a popular name in modern day Iran.
― Anonymous User 8/6/2005
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The name exists in the Urdu language, probably with the Persian meaning and is spelt RUKHSANA. Variants include: RUKSANA and RUKSHANA.