Hopkins

Hopkins is an English, Welsh and Irish patronymic surname. The English name means "son of Hob". Hob was a diminutive of Robert, itself deriving from the Germanic warrior name Hrod-berht, translated as "renowned-fame". The Robert spelling was introduced to England after the Norman conquest of England.

The surname Hopkins or Hopcyn is associated with, and most common in, Wales. A typical Welsh patronym, it is first recorded as ab Popkyn (son of Hopkin) in Monmouth, in the early 17th century, and became a standardized surname under English law.

The name in Ireland is an Anglicisation of the Irish Gaelic surname Mac Oibicin.

People surnamed Hopkins

 * Anna Hopkins (born 1987), Canadian actress
 * Andrew Delmar Hopkins (1857–1948), American entomologist
 * Sir Anthony Hopkins (born 1937), actor
 * Antony Hopkins, composer
 * A. G. Hopkins Antony Gerald Hopkins, British historian
 * Arthur F. Hopkins (1794–1865), husband of Juliet Opie Hopkins
 * Bernard Hopkins, professional boxer
 * Bert Hopkins, Australian cricketer
 * Bobb Hopkins, actor, director and founder of the National Hobo Association
 * Brad Hopkins, NFL offensive lineman
 * Brycen Hopkins (born 1997), American football player & son of Brad
 * Budd Hopkins, artist and UFO researcher
 * Cathy Hopkins, novelist
 * Charles Hopkins (disambiguation), several people
 * Christian Hopkins, American football player
 * Claude Hopkins, musician
 * Claude C. Hopkins, advertising man
 * Constance Hopkins, Mayflower passenger
 * CJ Hopkins, American playwright and author
 * DeAndre Hopkins (born 1992), American football player
 * Dustin Hopkins, American football player
 * Edward Hopkins, settler, governor Connecticut Colony
 * Edward John Hopkins, English organist and composer
 * Elizabeth Hopkins (1731–1801), English actress
 * Esek Hopkins (1718–1802), Continental Navy officer
 * Esther A. Hopkins, American chemist and environmental attorney
 * Ezekiel Hopkins, Bishop of Derry and Raphoe
 * Frank Hopkins, U.S. cowboy
 * Frank Hopkins (Royal Navy officer), Captain of HMS Ark Royal
 * Frederick Gowland Hopkins, biochemist, Nobel Prize laureate
 * Gail Hopkins (born 1943), American baseball player and coach
 * Gareth Hopkins, New Zealand cricketer
 * Gareth Hopkins (footballer)
 * Gaynor Hopkins, stage name Bonnie Tyler (born 1951), singer
 * George Hopkins (disambiguation), several people
 * Gerard Manley Hopkins, poet, Jesuit
 * Graham Hopkins, drummer/musician
 * Harold Hopkins (physicist), physicist
 * Harry Hopkins, economics advisor to Franklin D. Roosevelt
 * Herbert Hopkins, Australian/English crickete
 * Howard Hopkins E7 Chief Navy Retired (passed)
 * Ian Hopkins, British police chief
 * Isaac S. Hopkins, professor/founder Georgia Institute of Technology
 * J. Fletcher Hopkins (died 1953), American politician
 * James Hopkins (disambiguation), several people
 * Jeff Hopkins, footballer
 * Jeffrey Hopkins, Tibetologist
 * John Hopkins (disambiguation), several people
 * Johns Hopkins, philanthropist
 * Jon Hopkins, electronica musician
 * Joseph Gardner Hopkins MD (1882–1951), dermatologist, bacteriologist, pathologist, professor at Columbia 1925 to 1947
 * Juliet Opie Hopkins (1818–1890), The Florence Nightingale of the south.
 * Katie Hopkins, British TV personality and newspaper columnist
 * Keith Hopkins, historian and sociologist
 * Larry J. Hopkins (1933–2021), American politician
 * Lea Hopkins (born 1944), American LGBT rights activist from Missouri
 * Lemuel Hopkins (1750–1801), American poet
 * Lightnin' Hopkins, blues guitarist and singer
 * Linda Ann Hopkins (born 1976) known as Tera Patrick, pornographic actress
 * Lisa Hopkins (born 1978), American opera singer
 * Livingston Hopkins "Hop" (1846–1927), American-born cartoonist in Australia
 * Mark Hopkins (disambiguation), several people
 * Mary Hopkins (disambiguation), several people
 * Matthew Hopkins, 17th century witch-hunter
 * Maudie Hopkins, last surviving American Civil War widow
 * Mel Hopkins (1934–2010), international footballer
 * Michael Hopkins (disambiguation), several people
 * Milton Hopkins (biologist) (1906–1983), American botanist and textbook editor
 * Milton N. Hopkins (1926–2007), farmer and ornithologist
 * Milton W. Hopkins (1789–1844), American portrait painter
 * Miriam Hopkins (1902–1972), American actress
 * Nathan T. Hopkins, U.S. Representative from Kentucky
 * Neil Hopkins, (born 1977) American actor
 * Nelson K. Hopkins, New York State Comptroller, 1872–1875
 * Nicky Hopkins (1944–1994), English rock pianist
 * Patty Hopkins (born 1942), British architect
 * Paul Hopkins (baseball) (1904–2004), baseball pitcher
 * Paul Hopkins (actor) (born 1968), Canadian television, film and theatre actor
 * Paul Hopkins (footballer) (born 1986), English (soccer) footballer
 * Peter W. Hopkins (1826–1879), New York politician
 * Rachel Hopkins, British Member of Parliament elected 2019
 * Raymond Hopkins (born 1975), Dutch/English Canadian Health & Safety Consultant, resident of Lethbridge, Alberta and a good friend
 * Richard Hopkins (disambiguation), several people
 * Rob Hopkins (born 1968), English activist founder of Transition Towns movement
 * Ron Hopkins (born 1960), American football player
 * Roy M. Hopkins (1943–2006), member of the Louisiana House of Representatives
 * Stephen Hopkins (disambiguation), several people
 * Stephen Hopkins (politician) (1707–1785) United States politician and statesman; signer of the Declaration of Independence


 * Telma Hopkins, American singer and actress
 * Tom Hopkins, English footballer
 * Tim Hopkins, jazz musician
 * Wes Hopkins, NFL defensive back
 * William Hopkins (disambiguation), several people
 * William Hersey Hopkins (1841–1919), American academic and college administrator

Fictional characters

 * Jimmy Hopkins, main character of the controversial video game Bully
 * Kailey Hopkins, American Girl character, "Girl of the Year" for 2003
 * Gilly Hopkins, main character of The Great Gilly Hopkins.
 * Martin Hopkins, main character of the Pentagram series by Anthony Horowitz.