Roxane (minor planet designation: 317 Roxane) is an asteroid from the asteroid belt approximately 19 km in diameter. It was discovered by Auguste Charlois from Nice on September 11, 1891. The name was chosen by F. Bidschof, an assistant at the Vienna Observatory, at Charlois' request; Bidschof chose to name it after Roxana, the wife of Alexander the Great, and at first used the spelling "Roxana".
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Roxane Gay is an American writer, professor, editor, and social commentator. Gay is the author of The New York Times best-selling essay collection Bad Feminist (2014), as well as the short story collection Ayiti (2011), the novel An Untamed State (2014), the short story collection Difficult Women (2017), and the memoir Hunger (2017).
Roxane "Roxy" LeBrasse is an Australian singer who was placed ninth place on the third season of Australian Idol. In 2009, Lebrasse (as Roxane) reached number 91 on the ARIA Singles Chart with "Sexy".
Roxane Vaisemberg is a retired Brazilian tennis player. She reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 236, on 8 August 2011, and a best doubles ranking of No. 162, on 10 December 2007.
Roxane Mesquida is a famous bearer of this name. She has appeared in Kiss of the Damned and the famous TV show Gossip Girl. She has also reportedly dated Brady Corbet (of Thunderbirds fame).
Even though this is the original spelling, I feel Roxane is more youthful than Roxanne. This will most likely be the name of my second daughter, nicknamed Roxie. I think it is a lovely name, but should be paired with a softer middle name to take the edge off.
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 and 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. It means "brightful/shiny" or "star".
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Roxane is the name of a character in the book "Inkspell" by Cornelia Funke.
Roxane is Cyrano's beautiful cousin in the play "Cyrano de Bergerac" by the French Edmond Rostand. She is loved both by Cyrano and his friend Christian.