Ruxandra

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Girl · Old Iranian, through Greek

Ruxandra

Say it: rook-SAHN-drah

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Meaning

A Romanian form of Roxana, from Old Iranian, usually explained as 'bright, shining'.

Likelythe main view, with some doubt.

Bright

Used in the princely families of Moldavia and Wallachia in the 16th and 17th centuries.

Its wave through time

No birth counts are recorded for this name in the records loaded here: it has been given to fewer than five babies a year, or not at all, since records began.

Through the ages

Used by

Romanian

The family of the name

English	Roxana
French	Roxane

Famous bearers

Ruxandra Lupu, daughter of Prince Vasile Lupu

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Where this comes from

Royal and noble genealogies
National birth statistics of European countries source

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