Roxane

Where Roxane comes from

From French Roxane, from Ancient Greek Ῥωξᾱ́νη (Rhōxā́nē), from Old Persian *rauxšnā, from Proto-Indo-European *lówksneh₂. Doublet of Lua and Luna.
— Wiktionary's entry for Roxane
  • Old Persian
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1925
    First appearance
    #4,426 among girls, 6 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1956
    Peak, #528
    308 babies named Roxane — more than any year before or since.
  3. 1967
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #880.
  4. 1974
    Roxane Gay born
    American writer
  5. 1981
    Roxane Mesquida born
    French actress
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from Old Persian.
Namesakes
  • Roxane Gay · American writer, born 1974
  • Roxane Mesquida · French actress, born 1981
  • Roxane Duran · French actress, born 1993
  • Roxane Hayward · South African actress, born 1991
  • Roxane Fournier · French bicycle racer, born 1991

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.