Roxanne’s Notebook: Personalized Journal for Roxanne
Give Roxanne a notebook that's unmistakably hers. Roxanne's Notebook has her name in elegant script over a pink watercolor apple blossom cover.
- 160 lined pages
- 6" x 9" paperback
- Watercolor apple blossom cover with "Roxanne's Notebook" on the front
- Printed and shipped by Amazon
Where does the name Roxanne come from?
Roxanne is a variant of Roxane, says Behind the Name. Roxane is the French and English form of Roxana, from Greek Rhoxane, itself from an Old Iranian name meaning “bright, shining.” Roxana was Alexander the Great’s first wife, a Bactrian nobleman’s daughter. Wikipedia describes Roxanne as a Persian feminine given name by way of that Greek form.
Other forms of Roxanne
Behind the Name lists Roxana, Roxane, Roxanna, Rexana and Rexanne as English forms, and Roxie and Roxy as natural short forms. French keeps both Roxane and Roxanne, and Italian has Rossana on the same wider tree.
Well-known Roxannes
Roxanne Shanté, born Lolita Shanté Gooden on March 8, 1969, is an American rapper. Wikipedia says she first gained attention in 1984 through the Roxanne Wars, was part of the Juice Crew, and that the 2017 film Roxanne Roxanne dramatizes her life. The Roxanne Wars were a series of answer records that made her one of the most visible young MCs of mid-1980s hip-hop.
Roxanne’s popularity
Roxanne is a 1950s name in America. US Social Security data has it at 192nd in the 1950s, when more than 16,600 girls were named Roxanne. Behind the Name last ranked it 988th in the US in 2013, 901st in England and Wales in 2021, and 494th in France in 2024. The Police song “Roxanne” (1978) kept the spelling familiar long after the 1950s baby boom.
A few more things about Roxanne
Alexander the Great married a Roxana. Behind the Name and Wikipedia say she was a Bactrian or Sogdian princess, daughter of the nobleman Oxyartes, and that her name comes from an Old Iranian word for “bright, shining.” Daniel Defoe’s novel Roxana (1724) also helped carry the name into modern English fiction.
Gift ideas with Roxanne in mind
- For a hip-hop fan. A lyric journal for verses and battles.
- For a history buff. A notebook for ancient empires and queens.
- For Halloween. A bright, bold journal for costume plans.
- For Christmas. A shining holiday diary for Roxanne.
A notebook for every Roxanne
Roxanne’s Notebook works just as well for a teenager as for a grandmother. It’s 6" x 9", which fits in most bags, with 160 lined pages and no printed layout to work around. Use it as a diary, a school notebook, a planner or a place to collect quotes and ideas. A name on the cover turns an everyday notebook into something personal.
Why choose a personalized notebook?
A plain notebook is useful. One with her name on it is a gift. Seeing “Roxanne’s Notebook” on the cover tells Roxanne it was chosen for her, not grabbed off a shelf, and that small touch is often what makes people keep a notebook going instead of abandoning it after a week.
Frequently asked questions
How big is Roxanne’s Notebook? 6" x 9", or about 15.2 x 22.9 cm. It’s a paperback with 160 lined pages inside.
Where do I buy it? Roxanne’s Notebook is available on Amazon, which prints each copy to order and looks after delivery and refunds.
Do you have other names? We do, hundreds of them. Browse all name notebooks or read how to find a name on our personalized name notebooks page.
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