Stoop (surname)

Stoop is a Dutch metonymic occupational surname. A stoop 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