A topographic surname from Middle English for someone living near a rock or an oak ( atter + oke ). • A male given name transferred from the surname. • A number of places in England: • A coastal village in St Minver Lowlands parish, north Cornwall (OS grid ref SW9375). • A hamlet in Membury parish, East Devon district, Devon (OS grid ref ST2702). • A village in Rennington parish, northern Northumberland (OS grid ref NU2020). • A hamlet in Curry Mallet parish, South Somerset district and North Curry parish, Somerset West and Taunton district, Somerset (OS grid ref ST3222). • A hamlet in Washington parish, Horsham district, West Sussex (OS grid ref TQ1214). • A village and civil parish in Wyre Forest district, Worcestershire (OS grid ref SO7371). • A place in Wales: • A hamlet in Blackwood community, Caerphilly borough county borough (OS grid ref ST1898). • A hamlet north-east of Cwmavon, Neath Port Talbot borough county borough (OS grid ref SS7993). • The Rock, a village south-west of Cookstown, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. • A number of places in the United States: • An unincorporated community in Cowley County, Kansas. • An unincorporated community in Maple Ridge Township, Delta County, Michigan. • An unincorporated community in Mercer County, West Virginia. • A town in Rock County, Wisconsin. • A town in Wood County, Wisconsin. • A number of townships in the United States, listed under Rock Township. • the Rock • Nickname of Gibraltar. • Nickname of Uluru. • Nickname of the prison on Alcatraz Island, USA. • Nickname of the island of Newfoundland in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador.