Roxanne
Barely 90 women in all of Poland carry it, so most people here have never met one. It comes from Greek and means bright, radiant.
Roxanne Pronunciation
What Roxanne means
Where Roxanne comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Roxanne reached English through Greek, where scribes wrote it Rhoxane. The sense is bright and radiant. That meaning traces to an old Iranian word for shining, which Greek took up and carried west.
One Roxana married Alexander the Great around 327 BC. She came from Bactria, far to the east, and her name outlived the empire that split apart after his death. Centuries later, Edmond Rostand gave the name to the heroine of Cyrano de Bergerac in 1897, the woman both men adore. A Police single put Roxanne back on the radio in 1978.
In Polish the name settles as Roksana. A teacher meets it rarely in a class register. When it does appear, the spelling is usually Roksana, and the meaning holds: jaśniejąca, promienna.
How many people are named Roxanne
1 in 247734 women in Poland is named Roxanne. 91 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #3682 among female names.
Roxanne's popularity over time
Fewer than 2 girls were given the name in 2025. It has been stable for a decade.
Roxanne as a middle name
Roxanne is a first name for 91 women in Poland and a middle name for another 20, an 82/18 split. In the women's middle-name ranking it sits 1636th, between Rachael (20) and Salomeja (20).
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#1634 Paulette20
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#1635 Rachael20
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#1636 Roxanne20
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#1637 Salomeja20
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#1638 Selwina20