Given name & surname
Rochus
“one who is calm; restful”
Rochus is a variant of Rocco. One Italian interpretation is “one who is calm; restful.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Rochus is a variant of Rocco. One Italian interpretation is “one who is calm; restful.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Rochus is a variant of Rocco. An origin associated with Rocco is Germanic.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1914. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Rochus is a variant of Rocco. The history of Rocco gives this family its wider story. Rocco’s historical associations include a 14th-century saint, a Frenchman from Montpelier.
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Rochus through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 5
- 5 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1914
- 5 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 1914. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Rochus’s family of names
Rochus has a related form in Rocco. In Latin usage, Rochus has a conventional equivalent in the Polish form Roch.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 6
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Rochus
- Rochus MischGerman SS non-commissioned officer (1917–2013)
- Rochus GlieseGerman film director and actor (1891-1978)
- Rochus von LiliencronGerman historian (1820-1912)
- Rochus Friedrich LynarGerman diplomat and translator (1708-1781)
- Rochus TatamaiPapua New Guinean Roman Catholic archbishopborn 1962
- Rocco GuerriniItalian architect and military engineer (1525-1596)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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