Roxanne
Meaning
little star, radiant
Roxanne's name family
One shared root links 4 names across 2 languages.
Shared root: from Persian Roshanak "bright, shining", Latinized as Roxana, the name of Alexander the Great's Bactrian wife
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Roxanne in song
Roxanne
The Police (1978)
Sting's reggae-tinged plea to a woman working the streets of Paris, opening with the piano clang of him accidentally sitting on the keys.
Roxanne, Roxanne
UTFO (1984)
Three MCs get shot down by the same girl, and it set off dozens of answer records, the most famous being Roxanne Shante's.
Popularity, 1890–2024
Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Roxanne peaked in the 1950s and the 2010s in nearly equal measure.
See popularity in Brazil
Popularity in Brazil
136 people · the #33,256 first name in Brazil · about 1 in 1,000,000 · median age 29
Among people named Roxanne living in Brazil at the 2022 census, more were born in the 1990s than in any other decade.
Source: IBGE, Censo Demográfico 2022
When you meet Roxanne
People given the name Roxanne in the United States span the generations: the middle half were born anywhere from 1950 to 1989. Age is the one thing the name won't tell you.
Estimated from US Social Security birth registrations and typical lifespans; a rough guide, not a rule.
The Roxanne deep dive
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