Roshanak

Roxana or Roxane is a female first name.

Origin and Meaning of the Name

Roxana comes from the Old Persian Rauḫšna = reading Ara- uchschna, روشنک Roschanak meaning " Dawn " or the " Radiant ".

Famous names winners

• Roxane ( Cambyses II ) ( ~ 540-523 BC), wife of the Achaemenid Cambyses II
• Roxane (Alexander the Great) (~ 345-310 BC), Bactrian prince's daughter, first wife of Alexander the Great
• Roxanne Hart ( born 1952 ), American actress
• Roxanne Shanté (born 1969 ), American rapper and psychologist
• Roxana Briban (1971-2010), Romanian soprano
• Roxana Scarlat ( b. 1975 ), Romanian fencer

Variants

• Rosana ( Spanish)
• Rossana ( Italian)
• Roxane [ ʁɔksan ] ( English, French)
• Roxani ( Greek)
• Roxanne ( English, French)
• Roxy (English)
• Ruxandra ( Romanian)
• Roschanak (Persian )

• Female first name
• Persian personal name