Entry № 5827 · Other origin

Rukhshona Rukhshona — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ rook-SHO-nah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Other
Meaning
"Bright-faced (Tajik foundational + Roxana of Alexander)"
Syllables
3
Rank · US 2025
№ 0
First recorded
Ancient (Sogdian)

A name that means "bright-faced (tajik foundational + roxana of alexander)".

Rukhshona is from the Tajik Рухшона (Rukhshona) — from Persian rukh face + shona shining — bright-faced, radiant-faced. A modern American baby name in the broader Tajik-Persian heritage aesthetic. Rukhshona is one of the foundational Tajik feminine names — central to traditional Persian-Tajik heritage + foundational connection to historical Roxana / Rōšanāk (c. 340-310 BCE) — foundational Sogdian-Bactrian princess + foundational wife of foundational Alexander the Great (married 327 BCE in foundational Sogdiana Bukhara region) + foundational mother of foundational Alexander IV — central to foundational Hellenistic-Persian dynastic heritage. Foundational subject of foundational Sogdian + Bactrian Persianate heritage. Notable bearer: Rukhshona Sodatsairova — foundational Tajik singer + Iranian-Persian classical music figure. Foundational Tajik feminine name reflecting Persian-Sogdian-Bactrian Indo-Iranian heritage.

Featured throughout Tajik heritage.

Bright-faced (Tajik-Persian). Foundational Tajik-Persian feminine + foundational connection to Roxana / Rōšanāk c. 340-310 BCE foundational Sogdian-Bactrian princess + foundational wife of Alexander the Great married 327 BCE Sogdiana Bukhara region + foundational mother of Alexander IV + foundational Hellenistic-Persian dynastic heritage + foundational Sogdian + Bactrian Persianate heritage.

The name in its native script.

Рухшона
Transliteration
Rukhshona
Pronunciation
/ ruːkˈʃoʊ.nə /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Rukhshona stands.

Current rank · 2025
№ 0 in the U.S.
All-time peak
№ 0 in 0
Babies named Rukhshona · last year
88 in the U.S.
First entered SSA top-1000
0
Rank, 1995–2025 Lower = more popular
№25 №75 №150 №250 1995 2005 2015 2020 2025 PEAK · — NOW · —

Rukhshonas before her.

Real people

In fiction
Roxana / Rōšanāk
Sogdian-Bactrian princess + wife of Alexander the Great.

Names connected to Rukhshona.

The number behind Rukhshona.

4

The Builder

Rukhshona reduces to four.

Why families chose this name.

"Tajik bright-faced. Nine letters. Rukhshona."
Dilnoza · Mother of one · Dushanbe