Thinking of using the name Rocco

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Thinking of the name Rocco
Really like it
Anyone used it?
What comments do you get ?

My husband and I really loved Rocco for our boy. We both have Italian parents too. When we told our parents we were thinking about it, they were absolutely mortified and couldn't stop laughing about it. So we didn't use it.

I never realised it was also so unpopular amongst non Italians as well.

Our parents said it was chavvy, even in Italy and the sort of name a mafia bosses son would have.

It was a shame because I loved the name !

I’m not a fan, but don’t absolutely hate it like some others.

Do agree there’s lots of dogs called it, but there’s loads of dogs called Max too and I’m sure MN would go for Max as a name!

You liking it and thinking it’s a good name is much more important than others opinions.

It's not a great name - too many negative connotations...

If you like Italian boys names, how about Enzo? I was introduced to a rather gorgeous baby called this last week :)

Love Enzo, and Luca.

I know someone who has a Rocco but I think it's pretty awful in all honestly. Didn't Madonna start the trend for it?

Don’t take it to heart - people on here can be awful and I got quite mentally unwell hearing mumsnet pull my names apart. Use it if you like it - mumsnet isn’t a reflection on society as a whole x

barca123 · Today 11:15

NewBabyonboard · Today 07:46

OK quite surprised on how passionate people are expressing their extreme dislike for the name but everyone is free to do so I still like it
All the best to you all

Don’t take it to heart - people on here can be awful and I got quite mentally unwell hearing mumsnet pull my names apart. Use it if you like it - mumsnet isn’t a reflection on society as a whole x

Thankyou👍

I quite like it. ‘Chavvy’ to me are usually made up unique spellings of names. Rocco doesn’t seem to fall into that category. Never heard of a porn star with that name, maybe I’m very sheltered.

I wasn't aware of any connection of "chavvy"/"chavs" with the traveller community. Are Travellers a "race" BTW as someone up thread claimed?

It means white trash where I come from, so nothing to do with your class either, but rather how you behave

Romany Gypsies and Irish Travellers are recognised as ethnic groups and are therefore protected from racial discrimination under the Equality Act. Not all travellers will come under these ethnic groups, however.

The one I know has brothers called similar names to Ace, Jet, Ryder etc
Make of that what you will

I love it and want it for my baby boy due in June but husband knew a guy with a similar surname who wasn't very nice so won't let me call our baby the name! I think it's super cool though! I wouldn't even ask other peoples opinions to be honest. The people who don't like the name Rocco probably have kids with names you don't like!

Seemingly existed since Biblical times seeing as Jayden is in the Bible.

Whereabouts in the Bible is it? I know there's a Jadon mentioned briefly in the book of Nehemiah, but I don't know how the vowel sounds/lengths would have been pronounced.

I definitely wouldn't go for Rocco if your surname is Coe, though!

The same.
Obviously given alphabet differences and semi vowel shifts over time, the spelling is different, but etymologically it's the same name.

You might not be but those of us who are are simply pointing out that understanding the connotations of using an Italian name which is considered, frankly, dreadful, might be worth taking into consideration.

I can’t speak for anyone else but for me it is the innuendo rather than the datedness.

I suppose it is a bit like a person who lived outside of the UK considering the names Dick or Fanny. The names have strong connotations in the UK and the parents might want to know what they are in order to make an informed choice (and they may of course ignore them and use it anyway - Fanny for example is a fairly popular name in France).

There are 3 Roccos at our small village school.

Choose something a bit more "fresh" and unique

How shallow! I know 2 families with a Jenson and Caiden and they are definitely not "chavvy"

Jenson is an awful name!! funnily enough one of the Roccos I know has a sibling called Jenson

So @DrMarciaFieldstone was bang on!

If you'd said Rokko I could understand people saying it's chavvy but I had no idea it was considered chavvy until I read this thread. Jayden I knew was considered chavvy although I know a really lovely one (although his parents probably do fit the term).

@So1invictus what does it even mean then? Dick?!

I swear there is a 'Rocco?' name thread every other day here on mumsnet recently?!

There's definitely a glut of Roccos.. so not going inusual if that's an important thing to you.

Not a fave, Sorry.

Ross
Richard
Roland
All handsome, known but not over used.

Congratulations on your new puppy. Rococo will be a great name :)

To me its a dogs name