Rocco

Where Rocco comes from

From the Italian form of the name of French 14th century saint Roch, of Germanic origin. The meaning is obscure; Old High German hruoh (“crow”) (from Proto-Germanic *hrōkaz), hrok (“rest”) (modern Ruhe) and rohōn (“to roar”) (modern röhren) have been suggested.
— Wiktionary's entry for Rocco
  • Italian
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1891
    First appearance
    #963 among boys, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1922
    Peak, #281
    388 babies named Rocco — more than any year before or since.
  3. 1932
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #412.
  4. 1948
    Rocco Buttiglione born
    Italian politician
  5. 1964
    Rocco Siffredi born
    Italian pornographic actor
In the dictionary
  • A male given name from Italian, of mostly American usage.
Namesakes
  • Rocco Siffredi · Italian pornographic actor, born 1964
  • Rocco Buttiglione · Italian politician, born 1948
  • Rocco Granata · Italian-Belgian singer and accordionist, born 1938
  • Rocco Shein · Estonian footballer, born 2003
  • Rocco Papaleo · Italian actor, film director and singer, born 1958

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.