Germanic name derived from the element hrok meaning "rest". This was the name of a 14th-century French saint who nursed victims of the plague but eventually contracted the disease himself. He is the patron saint of the sick. Rocco is an Italian name, derived from the Germanic word "hrok", which means "to rest or repose".
Rocco Related Names Variant: Rochus (Ancient Germanic) Other Languages: Roc (Catalan), Roko (Croatian), Rochus (Dutch), Rocky (English), Roch (French), Rokus (Frisian), Rochus (German), Roch (Polish), Roque (Portuguese), Rok (Slovene), Roque (Spanish)
