Rocco

♂French boy's name

At a glance

GenderMasculine

Origin and meaning

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.

Where it is mostly given

  • Italy
  • Malta
  • Switzerland

Source: Wiktionnaire (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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