Rokus

Gender：
Pronounced： [ RO-kus ]
Popularity：
Usage：Dutch

Meaning & History：

Dutch variant of ROCHUS.

ROCHUS male German, Dutch, Ancient Germanic (Latinized)

Latinized form of ROCCO, used in German and Dutch.

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.

Names related to Rokus：

EQUIVALENTS

ANCIENT GERMANIC: Rocco, Rochus

CATALAN: Roc

CROATIAN: Roko

DUTCH: Rochus

FRENCH: Roch

GERMAN: Rochus

ITALIAN: Rocco

POLISH: Roch

PORTUGUESE: Roque

SLOVENE: Rok

SPANISH: Roque

DIMINUTIVES AND SHORT FORMS

ENGLISH: Rocky