Roxane
[rɒkˈsæn]Meaning
French and English form of Roxana
Background Story
Roxane is the French and English form of Roxana, from Ancient Greek Ῥωξάνη (Rhōxánē), which comes from Old Persian *rauxšnā and ultimately Proto-Indo-European *lowksneh₂. It is also used in Ancient Greek, Bengali, Hindi, Italian, Marathi, Old Persian, Persian, Polish, Portuguese, Portuguese (Brazilian), Romanian and Russian. In the play Cyrano de Bergerac (1897), Roxane is the name of Cyrano's love interest.
Variations
Roxana, Roxie, Roxanne
Related Names
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From Old Iranian *rauxšnā, "bright, shining"
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No documented meaning in the sources checked