Roxane

E52073

feminine given name

Roxane is a feminine given name, best known today through figures such as writer and cultural critic Roxane Gay.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Roxane canonical	13
Roxane (French standard spelling)	1
Roxane (character in Edmond Rostand’s play Cyrano de Bergerac)	1

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	feminine given name ⓘ
associatedWork	Cyrano de Bergerac (play) ⓘ
category	feminine given names ⓘ given names derived from Persian ⓘ
derivedFrom	Old Persian name Roshanak ⓘ
etymologyOrigin	Greek name Rhoxanē (Ῥωξάνη) ⓘ
gender	feminine ⓘ
hasDiminutive	Rox ⓘ Roxy ⓘ
hasLanguageOfUse	English ⓘ French ⓘ
hasVariant	Roxana ⓘ Roxanne ⓘ Rox ⓘ surface form: Roxanne (English variant)
meaning	bright ⓘ dawn ⓘ little star ⓘ
nameDayObservedIn	some French-speaking countries ⓘ
notableBearer	Roxane self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Roxane (character in Edmond Rostand’s play Cyrano de Bergerac) Roxane Gay ⓘ
notableBearerOccupation	cultural critic ⓘ writer ⓘ
popularity	moderately common in French-speaking countries ⓘ
script	Latin alphabet ⓘ
spellingVariant	Roxane self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Roxane (French standard spelling)
usageRegion	Belgium ⓘ Canada ⓘ France ⓘ Switzerland ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Roxane Gay → givenName → Roxane ⓘ

Roxane → notableBearer → Roxane self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Roxane (character in Edmond Rostand’s play Cyrano de Bergerac)

Roxane → spellingVariant → Roxane self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Roxane (French standard spelling)

Persian Letters → hasCharacter → Roxane ⓘ

Roxane → nameInLatinAlphabet → Roxane ⓘ

Roxana → hasVariant → Roxane ⓘ

Roxana → isCognateWith → Roxane ⓘ

Cyrano de Bergerac (play) → mainCharacter → Roxane ⓘ

Roxy → diminutiveOf → Roxane ⓘ

Roxy → relatedName → Roxane ⓘ

Rox → shortFormOf → Roxane ⓘ

Rox → derivesFrom → Roxane ⓘ

Roshanak → hasVariant → Roxane ⓘ

Roshanak → relatedName → Roxane ⓘ

Roksana → relatedName → Roxane ⓘ