Rocha (surname)
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Rocha (Portuguese pronunciation: ['ʁɔʃɐ]) is a Portuguese language surname. Its origin can be traced back from French as one of the earliest depicts of the name was a 1220 register of a French citizen living in Portugal whose surname was Rochela, diminutive of the french name Roche. [1] It can also be a Jewish-Portuguese Sephardic surname.[2][3] It literally means “rock” or “boulder” in Portuguese; for instance, “rochas sedimentares, metamórficas e magmáticas” means “sedimentary, metamorphic and igneous rocks”. It is also a topographic surname that is found in Portugal as “da Rocha” or simply Rocha, literally, "one who is from/of the rock".
People with the surname
- Alicia de Larrocha, pianist
- Alvany Rocha, mathematician
- Carlos Eduardo Rocha, mixed martial artist
- Coco Rocha, Canadian supermodel
- Dardo Rocha, an Argentinian 19th-century politician
- Diogo Rocha (tennis), Portuguese tennis player
- Evaristo Rocha, President of Nicaragua in 1839
- Geraldo Rocha Pereira, Brazilian footballer
- Glauber Rocha, Brazilian filmmaker
- John Rocha, Hong Kong born fashion designer
- Juan Ramon Rocha, Argentinian footballer-manager and former Panathinaikos FC player
- Kali Rocha, American actress
- Luis M. Rocha, Portuguese-American scientist
- Martha Rocha (1932–2020), Brazilian model
- Red Rocha (1923–2010), American basketball player and coach
- Ricardo Rocha (disambiguation), multiple people
- Paulo Rocha (disambiguation), multiple people
- Roberto Carlos da Silva Rocha (born 1973), a Brazilian footballer more commonly known as Roberto Carlos
- Simone Rocha, an Irish fashion designer
- Vagner Rocha, mixed martial artist
- Zack de la Rocha, lead singer of the band Rage Against the Machine
External links
References
- ^ "Origem da família Rocha". origemdosobrenome.com.br. Retrieved July 14, 2020.
- ^ Sephardic Genealogy: Discovering your Sephardic Ancestors and their World - Jeffrey S. Malka. - Best Judaica Reference Book (2002) by Association of Jewish Libraries; http://www.sephardicgen.com/ - Most complete reference of Sephardic names online; http://www.sephardicgen.com/databases/SephardimCom2009.htm - List of 41,000 Sephardic Surnames extracted from books by Harry Stein Archived version
- ^ Jorge Martins (2006), Portugal e os Judeus: Volume I – dos primórdios da nacionalidade à legislação pombalina, Lisboa, Vega.
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