Rexana

  • [ rek-SAN-ə ]
  • English (Rare)
Variant of REXANNE.

REXANNE   female   English (Rare)
Variant of ROXANE influenced by REX.
ROXANE   female   French, English, Ancient Greek
French and English form of ROXANA. This is the name of Cyrano's love interest in the play 'Cyrano de Bergerac' (1897).
ROXANA   female   English, Spanish, Romanian, Ancient Greek (Latinized)
Latin form of Ρωξανη (Roxane), the Greek form of the Persian or Bactrian name روشنک (Roshanak) which meant "bright" or "dawn". This was the name of Alexander the Great's first wife, a daughter of the Bactrian nobleman Oxyartes. In the modern era it came into use during the 17th century. In the English-speaking world it was popularized by Daniel Defoe, who used it in his novel 'Roxana' (1724).
REX   male   English
From Latin rex "king". It has been used as a given name since the 19th century.
EQUIVALENTS
ANCIENT GREEK: Roxana, Roxane
ANCIENT PERSIAN: Roshanak
ENGLISH: Rexanne, Roxana, Roxane, Roxanna, Roxanne
FRENCH: Roxane, Roxanne
ITALIAN: Rossana
PERSIAN: Roshanak
POLISH: Roksana
PORTUGUESE: Rosana
ROMANIAN: Roxana, Ruxandra
RUSSIAN: Roksana
SPANISH: Roxana
DIMINUTIVES AND SHORT FORMS
ENGLISH: Roxie, Roxy
OTHER FORMS
ENGLISH: Rex, Rexanne