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.
Family Owned Since 1974. Rocco Sr. started on his American Dream when he left his native Italy for a new life in NYC when he was 16. He arrived on January 1, 1957 and started working as a dishwasher in a bakery in the West Village. Few years later he became a head pastry chef and eventually bought the shop on Bleecker Street in the West Village in 1974. In 2010 Rocco Sr. retired, leaving his children to carry on that dream. The children have now expanded to wholesale and a new shop in Bay Ridge Brooklyn.