Meaning and background
The story behind Roxanne
Roxanne is documented as a variant of Roxane. The linked Roxane entry identifies a French and English form of Roxana and separately records the name of Cyrano’s love interest in Cyrano de Bergerac. This establishes both a personal-name relationship and a literary association. A dog named Roxanne can honour a person or story while the exact spelling remains part of a recorded name family rather than a new word formation.
- Origin
- Variant of Roxane, a French and English form of Roxana, with a later Cyrano de Bergerac association. Source · Source 2
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About Roxanne
Recorded as a dog’s name
Roxanne appears in 16 dog licence records in the 2026 New York City dataset.
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Pronunciation and rhythm
/ɹɑksɪn/
US English sound sequence, converted from the CMU dictionary. Stress marks are shown separately.
Other dictionary readings and notation
/ɹɑksɪn/ · primary stress on syllable 1R AA1 K S IH0 N
/ɹɑksæn/ · primary stress on syllable 2R AA2 K S AE1 N
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Sources and research notes (2)
- New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene NYC Dog Licensing Dataset — extract_year 2026 — Dog licence periods, not unique dogs; NYC only. No owner-level fields retrieved.
- Carnegie Mellon University / CMU Sphinx maintainers CMU US English Pronouncing Dictionary — US English dictionary readings; not owner-specific or exhaustive multilingual pronunciation
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