Stoop (surname)
Stoop is a Dutch metonymic occupational surname. A stoop (Dutch pronunciation: [stoːp]) was a name for a jug or (wine) jar and a nickname for an innkeeper or wine merchant. 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
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