Girl name Roxanne?! Personality type...

[DisneyBaby]

Ok call me crazy but I'm a big believer that names and personality traits go hand in hand, for example, I have never got on with anyone with the name Natalie for some reason, and everyone I have ever known called Jade is quite headstrong and stubborn (no offence to anyone named Jade). I also feel that everyone I have ever met with my name (Kelly) has a quite similar personality to me too... Does anyone else agree?
Anyway, I really like the girls name Roxanne, most likely shortened to Roxie. I like it mostly because of the Police song, my first daughter is named after a song too which I love as a little theme for my children's names.
The only Roxanne I know of though is that bloody Roxanne Pallett who was on Big Brother, who came across very badly on the show indeed...
I'm just wondering if anyone knows any Roxanne's and what kind of personality they have?!😊
Thanks in advance!

I see a Roxanne very similar to a Jade

One of my colleagues is a Roxanne. She is absolutely lovely. Very calm, serene, strong, intelligent and compassionate. For some reason I think of a loud extrovert when I think of the name Roxanne. My colleague is the opposite of that.

I love the name Roxanne. I see it as a strong name.

Didn’t Rita Simons play a Roxanne (nn Roxy) in Eastenders?

Roxanne is cheeky and not in a good way.

Feisty and confident... Great name!!
My dd has a name also claimed on mn to be a stripper's name!! Def no regrets!!

I don't know any Roxannes but since the Police song is pretty obviously about a prostitute, that's my main association.

I know 2 and I dont like either but do like name. Would never use it.

Roxane from Cyrano. I think it's a pretty name. I did work with a Roxane and she wasnt loud or obnoxious ooh I love cyrano.

@30degreesandmeltinghere

Feisty and confident... Great name!! My dd has a name also claimed on mn to be a stripper's name!! Def no regrets!!

What is it if you don't mind me asking? I'm really struggling for girls names so need all the ideas I can get!

I'm afraid I'm another one old enough to hear Sting screeching, 'Roxxxxannnnne! You don't have to put on the redddd liiiight!'

I know a WONDERFUL Roxanne.

Funny, sporty, loves animals, loves the little kids around her (family and friends kids), slightly missing some (imo) fundamental general knowledge but open to learning.

Tiffany. And definitely never Tiff...

Not sure that I really get this.

Do you think that if you give your child a certain name they will turn into the personality that goes with it? (And a different name would have made them a different person.)

Or do you think you know what sort of person your child is going to become and you're trying to get the name to match?

Personally I think you become the name. ..

I world see it as similar to Jade, and would suspect she’d be trouble. It’s a naughty girls name to me.

Roxanne for me is similar to Donna, Leanne etc

Due to the popularity of BB I’d say Roxanne pallet comes to mind too.

I like the name. I don't know any in real life. It makes me think of Roxie Hart in Chicago.

I've never met a Roxanne. The name reminds me of Simon Webbe's wonderful Argentine tango to the song Roxanne on Strictly about 9 years ago. Then it reminds me of Barry from Big Bang Theory telling Penny that Penny wasn't a sexy enough name so he was going to call her Roxanne instead.

If I had to imagine a Roxanne I imagine someone who is quite feisty and outgoing.

I've only met one other person with my name and we were nothing alike! When I think of names which are common in people my age - Sarah, Laura, Emma - the people I know with those names are all quite different personality wise. I know some truly wonderful Emmas and some horrible Emmas as well.

I don't agree with your post at all...it's quite strange to think that you feel all people with the same name end up with the same personality. I know lots of Natalies, Kellys and Jades who are nothing alike. For example one Kelly is the best friend I ever had and the other turned out to be a genuine psychopath and backstabbed who really hurt my family members at a vulnerable time in their lives without a hint of remorse. There were two Natalies in my class at school who couldn't have been more different.

Anyway, Roxanne conjures up prostitute (song), murderer (Roxie Hart) or Roxanne Pallet to me. I think it's quite a "tough girl" name and if I was writing a book about a playground bully or a woman that was a bit unhinged, created drama wherever she went and liked sleeping with other women's husbands then Roxanne would be up there in the top name choices.

But that doesn't mean your daughter would be anything like that. When you give a name, it's just a name you are giving, not a prescriptive personality along with it.

There are nicer song related names. I do wonder if your daughter would turn round and ask why you named her after a song about a prostitute. Jolene is best avoided for similar reasons (man stealing wh*re).

My DD3 has decided that her future maybe sister is going to be called Roxie after one of her childminders guinea pigs, which is my current association with the name. I do like it though, see it as a strong name too.

I really like it as a name, strong, unusual.

But the song? . she's a prostitute. Why do you want to knowingly do that?

Does anyone else agree?

No, I don't feel anyone's personality comes from their name. Maybe if people treat them differently because of their name it has some impact.

I knew one about 20 years ago and she was really lovely, clever and quite shy. A bit of a tortured soul maybe.

I wouldn't use it personally because of the sting song but I guess our children's generation probably won't know that song.

My sister is called Roxanne. She has often had the police song sung to her which has never bothered her. She generally gets a lot of comments on how cool her name is. She’s laid back, creative and musical.

I know a Roxanne and she’s not very nice at all! But then I think names are just names and I don’t really agree with your op.