Rock - Meaning of Rock

What does Rock mean?

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Rock

[ 1 syll. roc(k), ro-ck ] The baby boy name Rock is pronounced as RaaK †. Rock is an English name of Germanic, Old English, and English origin.

Rock is a variation (English) of the name Rocco (English and Italian).

Rock is also a shortening of the name Rockwell (English).

Rock is also a variation of the name Rocky (English).

See also the related categories, english and germanic (german).

Rock is uncommon as a baby boy name. At the modest height of its usage in 1957, 0.007% of baby boys were named Rock. It had a ranking of #620 then. The baby name has seen a loss in popularity since then, and is currently of very light use. Within the family of boy names directly related to Rock, Rocco was the most widely used in 2018.

Baby names that sound like Rock include Roc, Rocke, Race, Rach, Raj, Rajesh, Rajj, Rakesh, Ras, Rasesh, Rash, Rashîd, Rayce, Raz, Recks, Reece, Reeg, Rees, Reese, and Reggie.

† Pronunciation for Rock: R as in "race (R.EY.S)" ; AA as in "odd (AA.D)" ; K as in "key (K.IY)"

Details of famous persons named Rock:
Actor Rock Hudson, born Leroy Harold Scherer, Jr. 17 November 1925 - 2 October 1985, Winnetka, Illinois.
Wrestler The Rock, born Dwayne Johnson 2 May 1972, Hayward, California.