Given name & surname
Rocke
“one who is calm; restful”
Rocke is a variant of Rocco. One Italian interpretation is “one who is calm; restful.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Rocke is a variant of Rocco. One Italian interpretation is “one who is calm; restful.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Rocke 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 1949. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Rocke 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
Rocke through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 46
- 46 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1960
- 8 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 1970. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 8 in 1960. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 103 as a first name in 2020; 933 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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