Roksana
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- rok-SAH-na
- Origin
- Persian
Roksana is a girls' name of Persian origin, meaning “bright, shining”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Roksana mean?
Persian: Slavic spelling of Roxana
“bright, shining”
A Polish and Ukrainian spelling of Roxana; Roxana of Bactria was the wife of Alexander the Great.
Is Roksana a girl's or a boy's name?
Roksana is a girls' name.
How popular is Roksana in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2011, with 48 girls.
Half of all the girls named Roksana in the UK since 1996 were born between 2009 and 2014, the years shaded on the chart below.
Roksana in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 3 | #5,885 |
| 2021 | 4 | #4,864 |
| 2020 | 15 | #1,948 |
| 2019 | 8 | #3,018 |
| 2018 | 8 | #3,068 |
| 2017 | 17 | #1,833 |
| 2016 | 15 | #2,015 |
| 2015 | 21 | #1,581 |
| 2014 | 30 | #1,209 |
| 2013 | 30 | #1,218 |
| 2012 | 29 | #1,232 |
| 2011 | 48 | #826 |
| 2010 | 36 | #1,004 |
| 2009 | 37 | #962 |
| 2008 | 35 | #978 |
| 2007 | 16 | #1,694 |
| 2006 | 11 | #2,119 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 3 | #4,156 |
Names like Roksana
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Lola, Aisha, Sophia, Matilda, Ava, Julia, Sienna, Eva, Maria, Anaya, Isabella, Ariana
Names related to Roksana
More Persian names
Jasper, Esther, Jasmine, Casper, Cyrus, Yasmin, Darius, Zorawar, Kiyan, Rumi, Yasmine, Kasper, Mahnoor, Dario, Arian, Arman
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Roksana: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/roksana, updated 20 October 2026.