Rock



Gender:
Origin: English, German
123 famous people named Rock found on Wikipedia.
2550 male in US.
Most recent ranking: 5690-th in year 2018
Best ranking: 618-th in year 1957

Meanings

Rock is a surname, given name and nickname.


"stone, mass of mineral matter," c. 1300, from Old English rocc (as in stanrocc "stone rock or obelisk") and directly from Old North French roque, which is cognate with Medieval Latin rocca (8c.), from Vulgar Latin *rocca, of uncertain origin, according to Klein sometimes said to be from Celtic (compare Breton roch). In Middle English it seems to have been used principally for rock formations as opposed to individual stones. Meaning "precious stone, especially a diamond," is 1908, U.S. slang. Meaning "crystallized cocaine" is attested from 1973, in West Coast U.S. slang. Figurative use for "sure foundation" (especially with reference to Christ) is from 1520s; but also from 1520s as "source of danger or destruction," in reference to shipwrecks (as in on the rocks). Also used attributively in names of animals that frequent rocky habitats, as in rock lobster (1843). Between a rock and a hard place first attested 1921: to be between a rock and a hard place, vb. ph. To be bankrupt. Common in Arizona in recent panics; sporadic in California. ["Dialect Notes," vol. v, part iv, 1921] Rock-ribbed is from 1776, originally of land; figurative sense of "resolute" first recorded 1887. Rock-happy (1945) was U.S. Pacific Theater armed forces slang for "mentally unhinged after too much time on one island." The rock-scissors-paper game is attested by that name from 1976; from 1968 as paper-stone-scissors. A 1967 source says it is based on Japanese Jan Ken Pon (or Janken for short), which is said to mean the same thing more or less.


Stone. Variant of Rocco: rest.

Famous People: 123 found on Wikipedia.
Popularity Name Birth Year Description
1 Chris Rock 1965 American comedian, actor, screenwriter, television producer, film producer, and director
2 Kid Rock 1971 American musician
3 Rock Hudson 1925 American actor
4 Aesop Rock 1976 American artist
5 Jay Rock 1986 American rapper
6 Pete Rock 1970 American rapper
7 Tony Rock 1974 American actor and comedian
8 Bob Rock 1954 Canadian musician and record producer
9 PnB Rock 1991 Musician
10 Blossom Rock 1895 American actress
11 Scott La Rock 1962 Social worker, rapper
12 Arthur Rock 1926 American businessman
13 Sgt. Rock
14 Chubb Rock 1968 Rapper
15 Eugene Brave Rock
16 Maciej Rock 1978
17 Crissy Rock 1958 Actress, author
18 Rocco Rock 1953 Professional wrestler
19 Edi Rock 1968
20 Rock 1975 American rapper
21 Mick Rock 1948 British photographer
22 Rick Rock American record producer
23 Woody Rock 1976 American singer
24 Rob Rock 2000 American heavy metal singer
25 Spank Rock American musician
26 Rock Howard
27 Dr. Rock American rapper
28 Coke La Rock 1955 Rapper
29 Dickie Rock 1946 Irish singer
30 T La Rock 1961 Old School Hip-Hop Miusician
31 Allan Rock 1947 Canadian politician
32 Rock Scully 1941 Music manager
33 Joseph Rock 1884 Austrian-American scientist-explorer
34 John Rock 1890 American scientist
35 Andrea Rock 1982 Italian radio host and musician
36 Eka Rock 1975
37 Rock Cartwright 1979 Player of American football
38 Rock Harper 1976
39 Dean Rock 1990 Gaelic football player and manager
40 Elke Lichtenegger 1983 Austrian radio host
41 Jonah Rock 1988 Australian professional wrestler
42 Rock 'n Roll Fictional character from the G.I. Joe
43 Noel Rock 1987
44 Barney Rock 1961 Gaelic football player and manager
45 Patrick Rock 1951 British political consultant
46 Andrew Rock 1982 American sprinter
47 Rock Symphonies 1980
48 George Rock 1919 American musician
49 Rock Nalle 1943
50 Joe Rock 1893 American actor and filmmaker
51 Margaret Rock 1903 British cryptoanalyst
52 Anthony Rock 1970 Australian footballer
53 Jim Rock 1972 Irish boxer
54 Derek Lee Rock 1984 American musician
55 Gene Rock 1921 American basketball player
56 Philip J. Rock 1937 American lawyer and politician
57 Jenny Rock 1946
58 Rock County John Doe 1977 Unidentified young adult or teenager white male
59 Little Rock Cheyenne chief
60 Kate Rock
61 Robert F. Rock American police chief
62 Ben Rock American film director
63 Michael Rock 1987 British swimmer, Olympic athlete. Commonwealth Games silver medallist
64 Walt Rock 1941 American football player
65 Zé do Rock 1956 Brazilian author
66 Robert L. Rock 1927 American politician
67 Brandon Rock 1972 Athletics competitor
68 Rock Allen 1981 American boxer
69 Irvin Rock 1922 American psychologist
70 Rock F. Jones University administrator
71 Rock Perdoni 1947 American football player
72 Rock Demers 1933 Canadian film producer
73 Charles Rock 1866 British actor
74 Rock Preston 1975 Professional football player
75 Sibyl M. Rock 1909 Pioneer in mass spectrometry and computing
76 Raymond Rock 1922 Canadian politician
77 Andy Rock 1985 English rugby union player
78 Paul Rock British criminologist
79 René Rock 1967 German politician
80 Bobby Rock 1963 American musician
81 Richard Rock English doctor
82 Tom Rock 1984 English rugby union player
83 Todd Rock 1963 American politician
84 David Rock 1957 English cricketer
85 Dust La Rock 1976 American artist
86 Rock Lee 1955 Professional basketball player
87 Heraldine Rock 1933 Saint Lucian politician
88 Peter Rock 1942 Olympic medalist in football
89 Rock Itoua-Ndinga 1983 Republic of Congo footballer
90 Phil Rock 1965
91 William Frederick Rock 1801 British businessman
92 Emilio Sacristan Rock 1965
93 Darmani Rock 1996
94 C. V. Rock 1906 German writer (1906-1985)
95 Rock Balakiyèm Gnassingbé
96 Les Rock 1912 Major League Baseball first baseman
97 Owen Rock 1896 Australian doctor and cricketer
98 Anthony J. Rock
99 Johann Friedrich Rock 1678 German writer
100 Kathia Rock
101 Angela Rock 1963
102 Helga Rock 1951 German politician
103 Daisy Rock
104 Lillian D. Rock 1896
105 Klaas De Rock 1993 Belgian association football player
106 Edelhard Rock 1908 German politician
107 Claude Rock 1863 Australian schoolmaster and cricketer
108 Rock Feliho 1982 French handball player
109 Daniel Rock 1981 Cricketer
110 Rock Phillips
111 Steen Rock
112 Rock Pidjot 1907 New Caledonian politician
113 Jamie Paul Rock 2000 Canadian film producer
114 Norman Rock 1864
115 Rock Reed 1912
116 Zeca do Rock 1943
117 Łazarz Rock 1872 Polish architect
118 Louis Rock 1875 Belgian writer (1875-1937)
119 You The Rock 1971
120 Jean-Baptiste Rock Luxembourgish politician
121 Paul Speckled Rock 1952
122 Robert Rock 1918
123 William Baker Rock 1872 American vaudeville performer