Stoop (surname)
# Stoop (surname)

Stoop is a Dutch metonymic occupational surname. A stoop (Dutch pronunciation:) 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
* Dirk Stoop (ca.1618–1686), a painter of the Dutch Golden Age
* Georgie Stoop (born 1988), English tennis player
* Ineke Stoop (born 1953), Dutch statistician
* Julian de Stoop (born 1980), Australian journalist
* Pieter Stoop (born 1946), Dutch abstract painter
* Rista Stoop (born 1970), South African female cricketer
