Meaning and background
The story behind Roxie
Roxie is an established English diminutive of Roxana. Behind the Name records its two-syllable pronunciation and explicitly lists Roxy as a related variant, verifying the ie spelling's place in the family. That can help an owner preserve a particular namesake's preferred form. The direct diminutive relationship is supported; a deeper meaning belongs to Roxana's own history rather than to an independent word hidden in Roxie.
- Origin
- English diminutive of Roxana, pronounced approximately ROK-see. Source
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About Roxie
Recorded as a dog’s name
Roxie appears in 83 dog licence records in the 2026 New York City dataset.
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Pronunciation and rhythm
/ɹɑksi/
US English sound sequence, converted from the CMU dictionary. Stress marks are shown separately.
Stress on the first syllable in the recorded US readings.
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/ɹɑksi/ · primary stress on syllable 1R AA1 K S IY0
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Sources and research notes (2)
Gender association: NYC licence-period records. Any dog can use this name.
- 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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