Rochus

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Male Male Name

Origin and Meaning

Origin and meaning of this name is uncertain. Some theories include:

1) Latinised form of the Old High German name Roho or of combinations containing the Old German name element Roch-:
Old High German rohōn/rohôn/rohon = 'to roar, to shout (in battles)' [1] [2] [3]. That word is closely related to the name element HROK, which occasionally seems to be given for a meaning instead, especially in Italian name books (thanks to Settimio for the tip!)

2) Latinised form of a Germanic name containing the word hrok:
Germanic hrok = 'rest' [4] [5] [6]

3) Latinised form of French roche or Spanish roca = 'rock' [1]

4) Latinised form of Persian ruch = 'elephant with an archer' [1]

Related Names

     
Rocco ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish Finnish Norwegian Swedish
Rochus ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today
Rokus ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today

Name Days

Denmark Denmark

16 August

Grammar

Faroe Islands - Faroese
Nominative: Rochus
Accusative: Rochus
Dative: Rochusi
Genitive: Rochusar

Statistics

Name count per country
CountryCommonnessFemale ♀ Male ♂
Statimg f legend.pngStatimg m legend.pngas main name#also aux. name&as main name#also aux. name&
Denmark Denmark[7] Statimg f0.pngStatimg m0.png 0 n.a. 0 n.a
Sweden Sweden[8] Statimg f0.pngStatimg m0.png 0 0 0 0
Norway Norway[9] Statimg f0.pngStatimg m0.png 0 0 0 0
Finland Finland[10] Statimg f1.pngStatimg m1.png n.a. 1 n.a 1
  #: count of main first name only
  &: count of both main and additional first names
Name counts are approximate as statistics normally is not published for names given to less than 3 or 5 persons per country.

 

No recent statistics trend found in databases for Rochus.

Sources: [8] [7] [9] [10]

References

  1. ↑ Wilfried Seibicke: Historisches Deutsches Vornamenbuch (Band 1-4)
  2. ↑ Rosa und Volker Kohlheim: Duden Lexikon der Vornamen (1998)
  3. ↑ Friedrich Wilhelm Weitershaus: Das große Vornamenlexikon (1998)
  4. ↑ Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges: Oxford Dictionary of First Names (2003)
  5. ↑ Mike Campbell: Behind the name http://www.behindthename.com
  6. ↑ Evan Bogan: Navnebogen (2005)
  7. ↑ Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
  8. ↑ Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
  9. ↑ Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
  10. ↑ Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi
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