Roxanna - Meaning of Roxanna

What does Roxanna mean?

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Roxanna

[ 3 syll. ro-xan-na, rox-a-nna ] The baby girl name Roxanna is pronounced Rah-KZAHN-aa- †. Roxanna is of Old Persian origin and it is used largely in the English language. Roxanna is a variant transcription of Roxana (English, German, and Spanish).

See also the related category persian.

Roxanna is rare as a baby girl name. At the modest peak of its usage in 1988, 0.017% of baby girls were given the name Roxanna. It was #628 in rank then. The baby name has dropped out of favor since then, and is of only infrequent use now. Out of all girl names in its family, Roxanna was nonetheless the most widely used in 2016.

Baby names that sound like Roxanna include Rachana (Indian), Ragine, Raheema, Rajanae, Rajanee, Rajaney, Rajani (Indian), Rajanie, Rajany, Rasana (Indian), Rashani, Razana (Arabic), Reaghan, Reenee, Regina (English, German, and Polish), Regine (English and French), Reginy (Polish), Rehannan, Reshawna, and Rexanna.

† Pronunciation for Roxanna: R as in "race (R.EY.S)" ; AH as in "mud (M.AH.D)" ; K as in "key (K.IY)" ; Z as in "zoo (Z.UW)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)" ; AA as in "odd (AA.D)"