Roxanne
[rɒkˈsæn]Meaning
variant of Roxane, ultimately from Old Persian *rauxšnā
Background Story
Roxanne is a variant of Roxane, recorded as a given name in Ancient Greek, Old Persian, Persian, Bengali, Hindi, Italian, Marathi, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian and Russian. It entered Cebuano and Tagalog by way of English Roxanne, from French Roxane, from Ancient Greek Ῥωξᾱ́νη (Rhōxā́nē), from Old Persian *rauxšnā, from Proto-Indo-European *lówksneh₂. Related forms include Roxana, Roxanna, Rexana and Rexanne, with the diminutives Roxie and Roxy.
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