Given name & surname
Rocha
“a glorious woman”
Rocha is a variant of Roch. One German interpretation is “a glorious woman.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Rocha is a variant of Roch. One German interpretation is “a glorious woman.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Rocha is a variant of Roch. An origin associated with Roch is German.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
From Portuguese Rocha, from Medieval Latin rocca.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Rocha’s family of names
In English usage, Rocha as a surname shares a linguistic root with Rock. Rocha has a related form in Roch. In Greek usage, Rocha as a surname is a transliteration of Ρόχα.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Rocha
- Rocha ChimeraKenyan writerborn 1953
- Rocha PomboBrazilian journalist, lawyer, teacher, historian, politician and writer (1857-1933)
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