Roch

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  • French, Polish
French and Polish form of ROCCO.

ROCCO   male   Italian, Ancient Germanic
Germanic name derived from the element hrok meaning "rest". 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.
EQUIVALENTS
ANCIENT GERMANIC: Rocco, Rochus
CATALAN: Roc
CROATIAN: Roko
DUTCH: Rochus, Rokus
FRENCH: Roch
GERMAN: Rochus
ITALIAN: Rocco
POLISH: Roch
PORTUGUESE: Roque
SLOVENE: Rok
SPANISH: Roque
DIMINUTIVES AND SHORT FORMS
ENGLISH: Rocky