Roshanak

Original Persian form of ROXANA.

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).
EQUIVALENTS
ANCIENT GREEK: Roxana, Roxane
ANCIENT PERSIAN: Roshanak
ENGLISH: Rexana, 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