# Rocco

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #25,189

## Definitions
1. A male given name from Italian, of mostly American usage.

## Etymology
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.

## Easily confused with
- **roo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rocco-vs-roo)
- **rock** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rocco-vs-rock)
- **Romo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rocco-vs-romo)
- **Rojo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rocco-vs-rojo)
- **ROTC** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rocco-vs-rotc)
- **rocks** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rocco-vs-rocks)
- **rocky** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rocco-vs-rocky)
- **Romeo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rocco-vs-romeo)
- **Royce** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rocco-vs-royce)
- **rodeo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rocco-vs-rodeo)
- **roche** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rocco-vs-roche)
- **rondo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rocco-vs-rondo)
- **Rosso** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rocco-vs-rosso)
- **Rollo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rocco-vs-rollo)
- **roscoe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rocco-vs-roscoe)
- **rococo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rocco-vs-rococo)
- **roc** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/roc-vs-rocco)
- **Rico** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rico-vs-rocco)
- **roach** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/roach-vs-rocco)

## Common misspellings (5)
`orcco`, `rcoco`, `roco`, `rococ`, `rrocco`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/rocco