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.
Raul is an Italian equivalent of the English name Ralph.. Specifically, the Italian and English names are masculine proper nouns. They trace their origins back to the Old Norse name RaÃ°ulfr. The original meaning of the name is counsel wolf.. The pronunciation is rah-OOL..