Roxana
Meaning and origin
Wiktionary describes it as a female given name from Persian. From Ancient Greek Ῥωξᾱ́νη (Rhōxā́nē) of Old Persian or Bactrian origin. Akin to Persian روشن (rowšan).
Source: Wiktionary, English entry for Roxana (CC BY-SA 4.0). This is the origin of the name in English; families in Sweden may have taken it from another language.
Popularity in Sweden
Among newborns, Roxana has been fairly steady over the last few years. Its best year between 1998 and 2022 was 2010. The figures are for this exact spelling; other spellings of the name are counted on their own.
Years with fewer than two babies (fewer than ten before 2004) show as zero in the chart and as – in the table.
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| Year | Girls |
|---|---|
| 1998 | – |
| 1999 | – |
| 2000 | – |
| 2001 | – |
| 2002 | – |
| 2003 | – |
| 2004 | 2 |
| 2005 | – |
| 2006 | 2 |
| 2007 | 4 |
| 2008 | 4 |
| 2009 | 3 |
| 2010 | 5 |
| 2011 | 4 |
| 2012 | 2 |
| 2013 | 4 |
| 2014 | 4 |
| 2015 | 2 |
| 2016 | 3 |
| 2017 | 4 |
| 2018 | 3 |
| 2019 | – |
| 2020 | 4 |
| 2021 | 2 |
| 2022 | 2 |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
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| Year | Women and girls |
|---|---|
| 1999 | 159 |
| 2000 | 166 |
| 2001 | 180 |
| 2002 | 181 |
| 2003 | 187 |
| 2004 | 197 |
| 2005 | 202 |
| 2006 | 211 |
| 2007 | 225 |
| 2008 | 234 |
| 2009 | 254 |
| 2010 | 268 |
| 2011 | 282 |
| 2012 | 286 |
| 2013 | 297 |
| 2014 | 304 |
| 2015 | 324 |
| 2016 | 337 |
| 2017 | 359 |
| 2018 | 371 |
| 2019 | 379 |
| 2020 | 383 |
Roxana in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Roxana.Hi! My name is Roxana.
- Har du träffat Roxana? Hon började jobba här i måndags.Have you met Roxana? She started working here on Monday.
- Roxana har bott i Uppsala i tre år.Roxana has lived in Uppsala for three years.
- Roxanas mamma är lärare.Roxana's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Roxanas mamma is Roxana's mum.
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Questions about Roxana
How do you pronounce Roxana in Swedish?
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What does the name Roxana mean?
Wiktionary describes it as a female given name from Persian. From Ancient Greek Ῥωξᾱ́νη (Rhōxā́nē) of Old Persian or Bactrian origin. Akin to Persian روشن (rowšan).
How popular is Roxana in Sweden?
2 babies were named Roxana in 2022. In 2020, 383 people in Sweden had Roxana as the first name they go by. Among newborns the name has been fairly steady lately and peaked in 2010 in the years SCB covers (1998–2022).
Popularity figures: Statistics Sweden (SCB), name statistics (BE0001) from the Statistical Database, released as open data under CC0. Each spelling is counted as its own name, as SCB does. SCB's open name statistics end with babies named in 2022 and the population on 31 December 2020; SCB stopped producing name statistics in 2024 and now points to the Swedish Tax Agency (Skatteverket) for newer figures.
Origins, IPA and recordings: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), via kaikki.org; recordings from Lingua Libre on Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA). Lingolib is not affiliated with SCB or Wiktionary. Sources last checked 7 October 2026.