Rocco

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Gender Masculine
Usage Italian, Germanic [1]
Pronounced Pron. /ˈrɔk.ko/(Italian)

Meaning & History

Germanic name possibly derived from hruoh meaning "crow, rook". This was the name of a 14th-century French saint who nursed victims of the plague but eventually contracted the disease himself. He is the patron saint of the sick.