Stoop is a Dutch metonymic occupational surname. A stoop ( [stoːp]) was a name for a jug or (wine) jar and a nickname for an innkeeper or wine merchant.[1] 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
