First names in Hebrew

First name Roxanne: meaning, origin and its Hebrew spelling

רוקסן

Gematria value: 416

Its spelling

In Hebrew, Roxanne is written רוקסן

Meaning and origin

What does Roxanne mean?

Meaning: "the bright one"
Origin: Persian

Roxanne comes from the Old Persian Raokhshna, “the bright, the shining one”. It was the name of Roxana, a princess of Bactria. Edmond Rostand made Roxane the heroine of Cyrano de Bergerac (1897): the woman Cyrano loves in secret and to whom he writes letters under another man's name.

Gematria

Roxanne = 416

In Hebrew, every letter is also a number. Added together, the letters of the name give its value: this is gematria. רוקסן has 5 letters:

• רthe letter Resh200
• וthe letter Vav6
• קthe letter Kuf100
• סthe letter Samekh60
• ןthe letter final Nun50
• Total416

The verse of the name

From the letter Resh to the letter final Nun

An ancient custom gives each person a verse: the one that begins with the first letter of their name and ends with the last. For Roxanne, from ר to ן:

רִאשׁוֹן לְצִיּוֹן הִנֵּה הִנָּם וְלִירוּשָׁלַ͏ִם מְבַשֵּׂר אֶתֵּן׃

“First to Zion: Behold, here they are! And to Jerusalem I will give a bearer of good news.”

Isaiah 41:27

The book of your first name

Roxanne, in nine pages

• Roxanne, in Hebrew
• Letter by letter
• The number of your name
• The verse of your name
• The portrait of Roxanne
• Roxanne, day to day
• What tradition says about names
• The sources

Frequently asked

Roxanne in three answers

How do you write Roxanne in Hebrew?
In Hebrew, Roxanne is written רוקסן.

What is the gematria value of Roxanne?
Written רוקסן, Roxanne is worth 416: the letter Resh (200) + the letter Vav (6) + the letter Kuf (100) + the letter Samekh (60) + the letter final Nun (50).

What does Roxanne mean?
The bright one (origin: Persian). Roxanne comes from the Old Persian Raokhshna, “the bright, the shining one”. It was the name of Roxana, a princess of Bactria. Edmond Rostand made Roxane the heroine of Cyrano de Bergerac (1897): the woman Cyrano loves in secret and to whom he writes letters under another man's name.