Stoop (surname)

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

Adriaan Stoop, Dutch oil explorer
Adrian Stoop, English rugby union player and administrator
Andre Stoop, Namibian rugby footballer
Dirk Stoop, a painter of the Dutch Golden Age
Georgie Stoop, English tennis player
Ineke Stoop, Dutch statistician
Julian de Stoop, Australian journalist
Pieter Stoop, Dutch abstract painter
Rista Stoop, South African female cricketer