Baby name
REVIVING
🇩🇪 🇺🇸 🇦🇺 Rocky
/ROK · ee/
Meaning
“Rest or repose”
English nickname form of Rocco or Rocque, from Germanic hrok (rest); transformed into an all-American symbol of grit and determination through the 1976 Sylvester Stallone film franchise.
Nicknames
none
Vibe
strong
How it ages.
Carries strong pop-culture weight from the Rocky films; feels bold but risks being forever tied to that association.
The cultural moment.
Peaked in the US in the late 1970s following the Rocky films; declining since but periodically revived by pop culture.