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.
For other uses, see Vito (disambiguation). Vito is an Italian name that is derived from the Latin word vita, meaning life,. It is a modern form of the Latin name Vitus, meaning life-giver, as in Saint Vitus, the patron saint of dogs and a heroic figure in southern Italian folklore.