Rocco

Rocco is both a given name and a surname. Origin: Italian. Meaning: Rest, repose. Rocco is a boy's name of Italian origin. It is thought to derive from the Old German word "hrok", which means to rest or repose. The name is associated with a fourteenth-century Catholic saint, San Rocco, who tended to the ill during a plague. Notable people with the name include:

First name

 * Rocco Baldelli (born 1981), American Major League Baseball player and manager of the Minnesota Twins
 * Rocco Botte (born 1983), American actor and filmmaker
 * Rocco Buttiglione (born 1948), Italian politician
 * Rocco Chinnici (1925-1983), Italian magistrate killed by the Mafia
 * Rocco "Rocky" Colavito (born 1933), American retired Major League Baseball player
 * Rocco DiSpirito (born 1966), American celebrity chef and reality show actor
 * Rocco Fischetti (1903-1964), American mobster
 * Sir Rocco Forte (born 1945), British businessman
 * Rocco Granata (born 16 August 1938), Italian-Belgian singer, songwriter, and accordionist
 * Rocco Grimaldi (born 8 February 1993), American ice hockey player
 * Rocco Hunt (born 1994), Italian rapper
 * Rocco Landesman (born 1947), Broadway producer
 * Rocco Marchegiano (1923-1969), better known as Rocky Marciano, American heavyweight boxer
 * Rocco Mediate (born 1962), American golfer
 * Rocco Milde (born 1969), German former footballer
 * Rocco Nacino (born 1987), a Filipino actor
 * Rocco Perri (1887-last seen 1944), Canadian bootlegger
 * Rocco Petrone (1926-2006), Italian-American engineer and NASA executive
 * Rocco Placentino (born 1982), Canadian soccer player
 * Rocco Pozzi (1700-1780), Italian painter and engraver
 * Rocco Quinn (born 1986), Scottish footballer
 * Rocco Rossi (born 1962), Canadian politician
 * Rocco Siffredi (born 1964), Italian pornographic film actor
 * Rocco Steele (born 1964), American gay pornographic film actor
 * Rocco Silano (born 1962), American magician and actor

Surname

 * Alex Rocco (1936–2015), American actor
 * Alfredo Rocco (1875-1935), Italian jurist and Fascist politician, author of the Italian Penal Code
 * Carmine Rocco (1912–1982), Vatican diplomat
 * Danny Rocco (born 1960), American college football head coach
 * David Rocco (born 1970), Canadian actor and producer, host of David Rocco's Dolce Vita
 * David Della Rocco (born 1952), actor
 * John A. Rocco (1936-2020), American politician
 * Keith Rocco, contemporary American military painter
 * Lyla Rocco (1933–2015), Italian film actress
 * Marc Rocco (1962-2009), American film director, producer and screenwriter
 * Mickey Rocco (1916-1997), American Major League Baseball first baseman
 * Nereo Rocco (1912-1979), Italian football player and manager
 * Pasquale Rocco (born 1970), Italian retired footballer
 * Steve Rocco (born 1960), American skateboarder and retired businessman
 * Steve Rocco (politician), contemporary American politician
 * Tonette S. Rocco (born 1954), American academic

Nickname, stage name or ring name

 * Rocko (rapper) (born 1979), American rapper and actor
 * Dick "Rocko" Lewis (1908–1966), American entertainer
 * Rocco Hunt (born 1994), Italian rapper
 * Rocco Prestia (1951–2020), bass player for the band Tower of Power
 * Rocco Mandroid, member of the New Zealand punk band the Futurians
 * Rocko Schamoni (born 1966), German entertainer, author and musician
 * Rocco Rock (1953-2002), American professional wrestler
 * Mark Rocco (1951–2020), English retired professional wrestler
 * Rocco Nacino (born 1987), Filipino actor

Fictional characters

 * Johnny Rocco, fugitive gangster in the 1948 film Key Largo, played by Edward G. Robinson
 * Rocco Fuentes Echaguei, a fictional character in the 2002–2003 Argentine teenage telenovella Rebelde Way
 * Rocco Parondi, in the 1960 Italian film Rocco and His Brothers
 * Rocco Pelosi, a supportive character in Grand Theft Auto: The Ballad of Gay Tony and GTA V.
 * Rocco the Beaver, a puppet on the Danish TV series Dolph & Wulff med Venner (Dolph & Wulff with Friends)
 * Rocco the Dog, a puppet on the Canadian TV series Puppets Who Kill
 * Rocco de' Medici, a master swordsman and long-lost heir to the late Duke of Florence in the TV series Leonardo.
 * Rocco Barbella, one of Sergeant Bilko′s corporals in The Phil Silvers Show
 * Rocco Lampone, a fictional character in Mario Puzo's novel The Godfather and Francis Ford Coppola's The Godfather.
 * Rocco, the puppy saved by Tom Hardy’s character in The Drop
 * Rocko, from Rocko's Modern Life, a 1990s Nickelodeon animated series
 * Rocko, from the cartoon series Undergrads
 * Rocky Balboa, from the Rocky film series starring Sylvester Stallone as the films’ title character, who is sometimes called Rocco.
 * Rocko, a penguin from the 1995 animated film The Pebble and the Penguin.
 * Rocco, Zoe's pet rock and Elmo's nemesis on Sesame Street.

Other

 * The West Maple Omaha Rock, a boulder in Omaha, Nebraska, nicknamed Rocko