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What does Rocky mean?

Rocky Pronunciation of Rocky as a boys' name is pronounced RAH-kee. It is of English origin. Nickname for Rocco (Italian), the name of a 14th-century saint. Saint Roque (16th century) was a Spanish saint. The nickname is also familiar today due to boxer Rocky Marciano and his fictional counterpart, Rocky Balboa, of the "Rocky" series of movies.

STARTS WITH Rock-

ASSOCIATED WITH saint, 16th century, fictional (literary)

Variations

VARIANTS Rocco, Rock, Rockford, Rockland, Rocklin, Rockwell, Roque

ALTERNATIVE FORMS VIA ROCCO Roch, Roche, Rochus, Rocko

CREATIVE FORMS
(male) Riky, ..

(female) Rocah, ..


MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGS
Rocky Jamal (R.J.), ..

How popular is Rocky?

Rocky is a very prominent first name for men (#530 out of 1220, Top 43%) and a slightly less prominent last name for all people (#98770 out of 150436, Top 66%). (2000 U.S. CENSUS)

Rocky entered the list in 1930-1939 and reached its top rank of #272 in the U.S. during 1950-1959, and is presently at #911. (2018 BIRTH STATISTICS)

Top 2000 baby names ranking of Rocky name in U.S.

Top 100 baby names ranking of Rocky outside U.S.

Which version is better?

Popular variation forms of Rocky (#911 VIA LATEST LIST) ranked in the Top 2000 are Rocco (#481), Rock, Rockwell (#1618) and Roque. Usage of these relations of Rocky reached its most widespread 1 year ago (MEDIAN #1385) and has remained as widespread to this day (#1402, 2.4% LESS USAGE). Rocco is more ubiquitous than the rest.



Top 2000 baby names ranking of Rocky, Rocco, Rock, Rockwell, Roque in U.S.

Top 100 baby names ranking of Rocky and related baby names outside U.S.

Similar Names

Rocky is pronounced similarly to Ricco, Rickey, Ricki, Rickie, Ricky, Rico, Riki, Rikke, Rikki, Rikky and Rocko. Other suggested similar-sounding names are Bucky, Dicky, Jacky, Lucky, Micky, Nicky, Richy, Rick, Robby, Roch, Roche, Rocio, Rockley, Rockly (see Rockley), Roddy, Rojay, Roley, Rolly, Ronny, Rorey, Rorke, Rorry, Rory, Rowdy, Rowly and Roy. These names tend to be less frequently used than Rocky.


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