Stoop (surname)

Stoop is a Dutch metonymic occupational surname. A was a name for a jug or (wine) jar and a nickname for an innkeeper or wine merchant.[1]People with this surname include:

• Adriaan Stoop (1856–1935), Dutch oil explorer
• Adrian Stoop (1883–1957), English rugby union player and administrator
• Andre Stoop, Namibian rugby footballer
• Dé Stoop (1919–2007), Dutch sports manager
• Dirk Stoop (ca.1618–1686), a painter of the Dutch Golden Age
• Georgie Stoop (born 1988), English tennis player
• Julian de Stoop (born 1980), Australian journalist
• Pieter Stoop (born 1946), Dutch abstract painter
• Rista Stoop (born 1970), South African female cricketer