Given name & surname
Roxy
“born with the morning's first light”
In English use, Roxy is a diminutive of Roxanne. One Persian interpretation is “born with the morning's first light.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
In English use, Roxy is a diminutive of Roxanne. One Persian interpretation is “born with the morning's first light.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
In English use, Roxy is a diminutive of Roxanne. An origin associated with Roxanne is Persian. In English use, Roxy is a diminutive of Roxane. Roxane has been associated with Latin and Persian naming traditions.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In English usage, Roxy is a diminutive of Roxanne. In English usage, Roxy is a diminutive of Roxana.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1882. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. In English use, Roxy is a diminutive of Roxane. The history of Roxane gives this family its wider story. A form of Roxane is recorded as the name of Alexander the Great’s wife, the daughter of Oxyartes of Bactria. A later literary association is Daniel Defoe’s heroine Roxana; the two contexts belong to different periods of the name’s history.
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Roxy through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 3,971
- 103 boys · 3,868 girls
- Most popular year
- 2009
- 145 babies
- 2025
- 72
- #2,477 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +10%
- Steady
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 72 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 2,477 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 9.9% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 145 in 2009. In 2025, California had the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (20). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 3,580 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Roxy’s family of names
In English usage, Roxy is a diminutive of Roxanne. In English usage, Roxy has a related form in Roxie. In Cebuano usage, Roxy has a related form in Roxanne.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Roxy has relatives in 3 languages.
5 related names in 3 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 5
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Roxy
- Roxy DekkerDutch singer-songwriterborn 2005
- Roxy AtkinsCanadian and American track and field athlete (1912–2002)
- Roxy PaineAmerican sculptor (b. 1966)
- Roxy LouwSouth African DJ, model, actress, and surferborn 1987
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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