Baby name
STABLE
🇦🇺 🇩🇪 🇺🇸 Rocko
/ROK · oh/
Meaning
“Rest”
Anglicised spelling of the Italian Rocco, from Germanic hrok (rest); the -o ending and k spelling give it a cartoonish, informal American energy entirely different from its Italian original.
Nicknames
rocky
Vibe
strong
How it ages.
Feels playful but not serious; likely to date as a quirky early-2000s choice.
The cultural moment.
Niche use in the US and Australia from the 1990s onward, partly through pop culture; never achieved mainstream numbers.