Rocco

Last updated February 15, 2025

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:

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 Reitz (born 2002), German 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 (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 (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