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The first name 
Roxanne

Roxanne is a female first name. In very rare cases it is also used for boys.

Roxanne is a well-known but special name!

Roxanne is a well-known name in the US, but is still special. It is currently only given to every ten thousandth girl, and therefore ranks at 1,072 in the SmartGenius statistics. This means there are 1,071 girls names that are more common, but also tens of thousands that are much rarer. In the entire USA, approximately 55,101 people – children, adults and seniors – currently bear the name Roxanne. That is 0.02 % of all living Americans.

You won't believe all there is 
to discover about the name
 
Roxanne

Roxanne -
at home in every state from California to New York

The name Roxanne may not be in the top rankings of the most popular girls’ names, but it is one of the few female given names, along with only 536 others, that can be found in every single state in the U.S. from Alaska to Florida and from California to New York. Of course, the name occurs more frequently in some states than in others – and Roxanne is apparently especially popular in Hawaii. Although the name is not one of the top 100 most popular women’s names here either, one in 683 women in Hawaii is called Roxanne. In total, that’s 643 women who feel addressed when the name Roxanne is shouted loudly across Hawaii and who ensure that their name makes it to #199 in our SmartGenius ranking of the most common female names in this nice state. If you asked all women in the entire U.S. for their first name, you would hear Roxanne as the answer a total of 55,101 times. This places Roxanne at #484 in our SmartGenius statistics for the most popular women’s names in the whole of the USA. This is true for all currently living women across all states and age groups – the recent popularity of the name Roxanne as a baby name is, of course, a bit different, as you can see from the statistics above.

Roxanne has 7 letters 
and begins with an R

Well, you might say, you probably figured that out yourself! But what you might not know is: The letter R is neither particularly common nor particularly rare as a first letter for girls' names: 4.1% of all common girls' names in the US begin with this letter. The most common first letters of girls' names are A and S, while X and U are the least common initials of girls' names.

With seven letters, the name Roxanne has a typical length for first names in the US. In fact, 26% of all common first names consist of exactly seven letters. 52% of all first names are shorter, while 22% have eight letters or more. On average, first names in the US (not counting hyphenated names) are 6.5 letters long. There are no significant differences between boys' and girls' names.

Thus, it follows that if 4.1% of all girls' names start with an R, this initial letter occurs about as often as all 26 letters on average. And maybe interesting to know: Rebecca is the girls’ name starting with R, which is the most common of all.

Other names with 
R, o, x, a, n, n and e

If you take all the letters in the name Roxanne – R, o, x, a, n, n and e – and put them together again, you can form another name, such as Roxeann.

With hands, flags and sounds 
How to say Roxanne

If your name is Roxanne and someone asks after your name, you can of course just tell them what it is. But sometimes that isn't so easy - what if it's too loud, and you don't understand them well? Or what if the other person is so far away that you can see them but not hear them? In these situations, you can communicate your name in so many other ways: you call spell it, sign it, or even use a flag to wave it...

This is how you spell the name Roxanne

So that everyone really understands you when you have to spell the name Roxanne, you can simply say:

Rocket

Orange

Xylophone

Apple

Nut

Nut

Elephant

This is how the name Roxanne is spelled in the NATO phonetic alphabet

The NATO alphabet often helps people spell words on the phone or radio when there are communication problems.

How do you write Roxanne in Braille?

Braille is made up of dots, which the blind and visually impaired can feel to read words.

Roxanne

Roxanne

You want to tell a deaf person that your name is Roxanne

Just use American Sign Language!

The name Roxanne is particularly colorful in the Semaphore flag signaling system!

These flags are used for maritime communication - each flag represents a letter.

R
O
X
A
N
N
E

Have you ever waved the name Roxanne

In the navy, sailors of two ships might wave flags to each other to send messages. A sailor holds two flags in specific positions to represent different letters.

R
O
X
A
N
N
E

Beeping like crazy...

In Morse code, letters and other characters are represented only by a series of short and long tones. For example, a short tone followed by a long tone stands for the letter A. Roxanne sounds like this: