Given name & surname
Roque
“one who is calm; restful”
Roque is a form of Rocco. One Italian interpretation is “one who is calm; restful.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Roque is a form of Rocco. One Italian interpretation is “one who is calm; restful.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Roque is a form 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 1915. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Roque is a form 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
Roque through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 2,583
- 2,583 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2004
- 54 babies
- 2025
- 15
- #6,081 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −23%
- Easing
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 15 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 6,081 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 22.9% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 54 in 2004. In 2025, California and Texas shared the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (5 each). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 4,536 as a first name in 2020; 17,108 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.
Roque’s family of names
Roque shares a linguistic root with Rocco. In Portuguese usage, Roque has a conventional equivalent in the French form Roch. Roque has a related form in Rocco.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Roque has relatives in 3 languages.
3 related names in 3 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 5
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Roque
- Roque Santa CruzParaguayan footballerborn 1981
- Roque Sáenz PeñaArgentine politician, president of Argentina (1851-1914)
- Roque MáspoliUruguayan footballer (1917-2004)
- Roque González GarzaPresident of Mexico (1885-1962)
- Roque DaltonSalvadoran journalist and poet (1935-1975)
- Roque MesaSpanish association football playerborn 1989
- Roche BrazilianoDutch buccaneer1630
- Roque OlsenArgentine association football player and manager (1925-1992)
- Roque González y de Santa CruzParaguayan missionary1576–1628
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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