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What does Rocky mean?
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)
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.
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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