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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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 (1933–2024), American Major League Baseball player
Rocco B. Commisso (1949–2026), Italian and American businessman, founder of Mediacom
Rocco Coronel (born 2010), Dutch racing driver
Rocco Coyle (born 2005), English footballer
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 George (born 2003), Filipino-American singer-songwriter
Rocco Granata (born 1938), Italian-Belgian singer, songwriter, and accordionist
Rocco Grimaldi (born 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 Mazzola (born 2005), Italian racing driver
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 Reitz (born 2002), German footballer
Rocco Rossi (born 1962), Canadian politician
Rocco Siffredi (born 1964), Italian pornographic film actor
Rocco Silano (born 1962), American magician and actor
Rocco Spindler (born 2002), American football player
Rocco Steele (born 1964), American gay pornographic film actor
Rocco van Straten (born 1991), Dutch snowboarder
Rocco Zikarsky (born 2006), Australian basketball player
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 (painter), contemporary American military painter
Keith Rocco (racing driver)
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 (boxer) (1908–1967), Canadian boxer
Steve Rocco (politician), contemporary American politician
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 Pink Panther and Sons, a 1980s 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.
Other
The West Maple Omaha Rock, a boulder in Omaha, Nebraska, nicknamed Rocko