Roque

Gender：
Pronounced： [ RO-ke (Spanish) ]
Popularity：
Usage：Spanish, Portuguese

Meaning & History：

Spanish and Portuguese 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.

Names related to Roque：

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