I am Chinese on both sides of my family, but I have a Vietnamese last name that is directly translated from Chinese. My mother has a purely Viet last name, because my grandfather was forced to change his last name to avoid conscription. Nguyen is one of the purely Viet last names.
Rocco /roc-co/ [2 sylls.] as a boys' name is of German and Italian origin, and the meaning of Rocco is rest. A common form of the name of a popular saint who cured plague victims.He was especially venerated in Italy.hown below is the birth name popularity of Rocco for boys. Rocco entered the list in 1890-1899 and reached its apex position of #337 in the U.S. in the 1910s, and is at #449 currently. (Top 1000 Baby Names Statistics, 2014). Below is a graphed analysis of the usage of Rocco and associated names.
1 Saint Roch or Rocco (c. 1295-1327), Christian saint. 2  Rocco Baldelli (born 1981), American Major League Baseball player and coach for the Tampa Bay Rays.  Rocco Botte (born 1983), American actor and filmmaker.