Roxane

English

Alternative forms

• Roxana, Roxanne

Etymology

From French Roxane, from Ancient Greek Ῥωξᾱ́νη (Rhōxā́nē), from Old Persian *rauxšnā, from Proto-Indo-European *lówksneh₂. Doublet of Luna.

Proper noun

Roxane

1. A female given name from Old Persian
   • 1897, Edmond Rostand, translated by Brian Hooker, Cyrano de Bergerac, published 1923:

     Your name is like a golden bell
     Hung in my heart; and when I think of you,
     I tremble, and the bell swings and rings - "Roxane!"
     "Roxane!"...along my veins, "Roxane!"

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁɔk.san/

Proper noun

Roxane f

1. Roxana (the wife of Alexander the Great)
2. a female given name, equivalent to English Roxana

Descendants

• → Dutch: Roxane
• → English: Roxane
• → German: Roxane