Rocco

For other uses, see Rocco (disambiguation).

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 (1933–2024), American Major League Baseball player
• Rocco B. Commisso (1949–2026), Italian and American businessman, founder of Mediacom
• Rocco Coyle (born 2005), English footballer
• 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 Mazzola (born 2005), Italian racing driver
• 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 Silano (born 1962), American magician and actor
• Rocco Spindler (born 2002), American football player
• Rocco Steele (born 1964), American gay pornographic film actor
• Rocco van Straten (born 1991), Dutch snowboarder
• Rocco Zikarsky (born 2006), Australian basketball player

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 (boxer) (1908–1967), Canadian boxer
• 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 Pink Panther and Sons, a 1980s 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

See also

• Roco (surname)
• San Rocco (disambiguation)