Roxana

Where Roxana comes from

From Ancient Greek Ῥωξᾱ́νη (Rhōxā́nē) of Old Persian or Bactrian origin. Akin to Persian روشن (rowšan).
— Wiktionary's entry for Roxana
  • Persian
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 347 BC
    Roxana born
    Bactrian princess and wife of Alexander the Great
  2. 1882
    First appearance
    #908 among girls, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  3. 1977
    Roxana Saberi born
    American journalist
  4. 1987
    Peak, #616
    313 babies named Roxana — more than any year before or since.
  5. 2012
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #1,559.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from Persian.
Namesakes
  • Roxana · Bactrian princess and wife of Alexander the Great, 347 BC–310 BC
  • Roxana Saberi · American journalist, born 1977
  • Roxana Mînzatu · Romanian politician, born 1980
  • Roxana Scarlat · Romanian fencer, born 1975
  • Roxana Cogianu · Romanian rower, born 1986

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.