Baby name
CLASSIC
🇩🇪 🇷🇴 🇪🇸 Roxana
/rok · SAH · nah/
Meaning
“Bright or dawn”
Old Persian feminine name from Roshanak, meaning bright or dawn; carried west by Alexander the Great's Bactrian wife Roxana, giving it both historical weight and an exotic shimmer.
Nicknames
roxi · roxy
Vibe
strongwarm
How it ages.
Feels elegant and slightly exotic; the historical connection to Alexander's queen gives it genuine depth.
The cultural moment.
Consistently used in Romania throughout the 20th century; also popular in Spain and the US from the 1980s onward.