Rocco
ROK-oh
Germanic/Italian
Boy
Meaning-based name
- Meaning
- Rest; Rock
- Origin
- Germanic/Italian
- Is it in the Bible?
- No — the name Rocco does not appear in the King James Bible. Christian families use it for its meaning, "Rest; Rock", and for the biblical themes that meaning touches, not because anyone in Scripture is called Rocco.
- First appears in
- Does not appear in the King James text
- Peak US usage
- 1910s (0.030% of births), currently rising
- Spiritual meaning
- Rocco stands on the spiritual Rock — Christ the foundation, gates of hell failing, the church built on the immovable stone that provides rest.
- Verses on this meaning
- Matthew 16:18
"And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it."
- 1 Corinthians 10:4
"And did all drink the same spiritual drink: for they drank of that spiritual Rock that followed them: and that Rock was Christ."
- Matthew 16:18