Roxanne is a Persian feminine given name. The English rendition of the name is derived from Greek Ῥωξάνη Rhōxanē (Latinised to Roxana), used for Roxana, one of Cambyses's wives, the daughter of Idérnēs, a sister of one sister of king Mithridates VI, and the wife of Alexander the Great. The name originates from the Old Persian Raṷxšnā-, meaning “bright” or “radiant”. It shares the same etymology as the Persian word “roshan”, which also means “light” or “bright” (روشن).
Contents
People
Roxana, Bactrian princess and wife of Alexander the Great
Saint Humility (1226–1310), Italian saint known as Saint Roxanne (Santa Rosanna)
Roxanne Avent (born 1976), American film producer and movie studio executive
Roxanne Barcelo (born 1985), Filipino-American actress, model and singer
Roxanne Barker (born 1991), South African football goalkeeper
Roxanne Beck, American singer and voice actress
Roxanne Beckford (born 1969), American actress
Roxanne Benjamin, American film producer, writer and director
Roxanne Bovenberg (born 1989), Dutch handball player
Roxanne Conlin (born 1944), United States Attorney for the Southern District of Iowa
Roxanne Constantin, Canadian musician
Roxanne Donnery American politician from New York
Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz (born 1939), American historian, writer and feminist
Roxanne Dufter (born 1992), German speed skater
Roxanne Ellis (1942–1995), American murder victim
Roxanne Emery (born 1984), English singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and producer
Roxanne Franck (born 1998), French female handball player
Roxanne Guinoo (born 1986), Filipino actress
Roxanne Hart (born 1952), American actress
Roxanne James (born 1966), Canadian politician
Roxanne Jones (1928–1996), American politician from Pennsylvania
Roxanne Kernohan (1960–1993), Canadian actress
Roxanne Lowit, New York-based fashion and celebrity photographer
Roxanne McDonald (born c. 1960), Australian actress
Roxanne McKee (born 1980), English actress and model
Roxanne Modafferi (born 1982), American mixed martial artist
Roxanne Didier Nicholas (born 1992), St. Lucian dancer and beauty pageant titleholder
Roxanne Pallett (born 1982), English actress and singer
Roxanne Persaud, American politician from New York
Roxanne Potvin (born 1982) Canadian bilingual singer, guitarist and songwriter
Roxanne Pulitzer (born 1951), American novelist and actress
Roxanne Qualls (born 1953), American mayor of Cincinnati, Ohio
Roxanne Quimby (born 1950), American artist and businesswoman
Roxanne Roberts (born 1954), American style writer for the Washington Post
Roxanne "Roxy" Saint (born 1977) American singer, musician, video producer
Roxanne Seeman (born 1954), American songwriter and lyricist
Roxanne Shanté (born 1969), American hip hop musician
Roxanne Starr, American graphic designer and comic book letterer
Roxanne Swentzell (born 1962), American ceramist
Roxanne Tong (born 1987), Hong Kong beauty pageant contestant
Roxane Turcotte (born 1952), Canadian author
Roxanne Varza (born 1985), Iranian-American company executive
Roxanne Wilson (born 1979), American businesswoman
Roxanne Ashley Yu (born 1997), Filipino swimmer
Roxanna
Roxanna Bennett, Canadian poet
Roxanna Brown, prominent authority on Southeast Asian ceramics and director of the Bangkok University's Southeast Asian Ceramics Museum
Roxanna Carrillo, Peruvian activist and feminist
Roxanna June, Playboy model
Roxanna Panufnik, British composer of Polish heritage
Fictional characters
Roxane, cousin and main love interest of the titular character in the play Cyrano de Bergerac (1897)
Roxanne "Roxy" Washington, a Marvel character known as Bling!
Roxanne Featherly, a character in DuckTales.
Roxanne Ritchi, a TV news reporter in the movie Megamind
Roxanne, a character in Good Burger
Roxanne, the high school love interest of Max Goof in A Goofy Movie
Roxanne / Christina M. Constantino, a character from Ngayon at Kailanman (2018 TV series)
Roxanne Fatima "Roxy" G. Cristobal, a character from Senior High and High Street
Roxy Lalonde, via Homestuck
Roxanne "Roxy" Mangubat, a character from Kadenang Ginto
Roxanne Opeña, a character from FPJ's Ang Probinsyano
Roxanne Richter, one of Ramona's exes in Scott Pilgrim
Roxanne Simpson, love interest of Johnny Blaze in Marvel Comics
Dr. Roxanne Vanderwheele, an archeologist from the cartoon "Tutenstein".
Roxanne Wolf, one of the animatronics in Five Nights at Freddy's: Security Breach