Rocco or Rocko is both a given name and a surname. Rocco is a masculine 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:
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Rocco Baldelli (born 1981), American Major League Baseball player and manager of the
Minnesota Twins
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Rocco Botte (born 1983), American actor and filmmaker
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Rocco Buttiglione (born 1948), Italian politician
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Rocco Chinnici (1925-1983), Italian magistrate killed by the Mafia
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Rocco "Rocky" Colavito (born 1933), American retired Major League Baseball player
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Rocco DiSpirito (born 1966), American celebrity chef and reality show actor
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Rocco Fischetti (1903-1964), American mobster
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Rocco Forte (born 1945), British businessman
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Rocco Granata (born 16 August 1938), Italian-Belgian singer, songwriter, and accordionist
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Rocco Grimaldi (born 8 February 1993), American ice hockey player
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Rocco Hunt (born 1994), Italian rapper
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Rocco Landesman (born 1947), Broadway producer
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Rocco Marchegiano (1923-1969), better known as Rocky Marciano, American heavyweight boxer
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Rocco Mediate (born 1962), American golfer
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Rocco Milde (born 1969), German former footballer
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Rocco Nacino (born 1987), a Filipino actor
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Rocco Perri (1887-last seen 1944), Canadian bootlegger
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Rocco Petrone (1926-2006), Italian-American engineer and NASA executive
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Rocco Placentino (born 1982), Canadian soccer player
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Rocco Pozzi (1700-1780), Italian painter and engraver
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Rocco Quinn (born 1986), Scottish footballer
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Rocco Reitz (born 2002), German footballer
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Rocco Rossi (born 1962), Canadian politician
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Rocco Siffredi (born 1964), Italian pornographic film actor
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Rocco Steele (born 1964), American gay pornographic film actor
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Rocco Silano (born 1962), American magician and actor
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Alex Rocco (1936–2015), American actor
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Alfredo Rocco (1875-1935), Italian jurist and
Fascist politician, author of the Italian Penal Code
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Carmine Rocco (1912–1982), Vatican diplomat
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Danny Rocco (born 1960), American college football head coach
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David Rocco (born 1970), Canadian actor and producer, host of ''David Rocco's Dolce Vita''
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David Della Rocco (born 1952), actor
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John A. Rocco (1936-2020), American politician
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Keith Rocco (painter), contemporary American military painter
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Keith Rocco (racing driver)
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Lyla Rocco (1933–2015), Italian film actress
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Marc Rocco (1962-2009), American film director, producer and screenwriter
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Mickey Rocco (1916-1997), American Major League Baseball first baseman
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Nereo Rocco (1912-1979), Italian football player and manager
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Pasquale Rocco (born 1970), Italian retired footballer
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Steve Rocco (born 1960), American skateboarder and retired businessman
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Steve Rocco (politician), contemporary American politician
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Tonette S. Rocco (born 1954), American academic
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Rocko (rapper) (born 1979), American rapper and actor
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Dick "Rocko" Lewis (1908–1966), American entertainer
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Rocco Hunt (born 1994), Italian rapper
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Rocco Prestia (1951–2020), bass player for the band Tower of Power
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Rocco Mandroid, member of the New Zealand punk band
the Futurians
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Rocko Schamoni (born 1966), German entertainer, author and musician
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Rocco Rock (1953-2002), American professional wrestler
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Mark Rocco (1951–2020), English retired professional wrestler
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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.
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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
Francis Ford Coppola ( ; born April 7, 1939) is an American filmmaker. He is considered one of the leading figures of the New Hollywood and one of the greatest filmmakers of all time. List of awards and nominations received by Francis Ford Coppo ...
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The Godfather.
* Rocco, the puppy saved by
Tom Hardy’s character in ''
The Drop''
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Rocko, from ''
Rocko's Modern Life'', a 1990s Nickelodeon animated series
* Rocko, from the cartoon series ''
Undergrads''
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Rocky Balboa, from the
Rocky film series starring
Sylvester Stallone
Sylvester Gardenzio "Sly" Stallone (; born July 6, 1946) is an American actor and filmmaker. In a Sylvester Stallone filmography, film career spanning more than fifty years, Stallone has received List of awards and nominations received by Syl ...
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
See also
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Roco (surname)
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San Rocco (disambiguation)
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Italian masculine given names
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