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Dutch Dutch commonly refers to: * Something of, from, or related to the Netherlands * Dutch people () * Dutch language () Dutch may also refer to: Places * Dutch, West Virginia, a community in the United States * Pennsylvania Dutch Country People E ...
metonymic Metonymy () is a figure of speech in which a concept is referred to by the name of something closely associated with that thing or concept. Etymology The words ''metonymy'' and ''metonym'' come from grc, μετωνυμία, 'a change of name' ...
occupational surname In some cultures, a surname, family name, or last name is the portion of one's personal name that indicates one's family, tribe or community. Practices vary by culture. The family name may be placed at either the start of a person's full name, ...
. A stoop () was a name for a jug or (wine) jar and a nickname for an innkeeper or wine merchan

People with this surname include: *
Adriaan Stoop __NOTOC__ Adriaan Stoop (18 October 1856 – 7 September 1935) was a Dutch oil prospector and mining engineer. Life and career Stoop was born in Dordrecht. He graduated from Delft University with a mining degree in 1878, was posted to the D ...
(1856–1935), Dutch oil explorer *
Adrian Stoop Adrian Stoop (27 March 1883 – 27 November 1957)
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(1883–1957), English rugby union player and administrator *
Andre Stoop Andre Stoop (born 8 October 1960) is a Namibian retired rugby union and rugby league player. At fullback he played domestic rugby union in South Africa and played for the Namibian national team. In 1991 he changed codes to play rugby league in th ...
, Namibian rugby footballer *
Dirk Stoop Dirk Stoop (ca 1615–1686) was a widely travelled painter and engraver of the Dutch Golden Age. Alternative versions of his name include ''Dirck Stoff'', ''Theodorus (van der) Stoop'', ''Thierry'' (the French version) and ''Rod(e)rigo'', by w ...
(ca.1618–1686), a painter of the Dutch Golden Age *
Georgie Stoop Georgina Gent (formerly Stoop, born 13 January 1988) is an English tennis player. She won two singles and two doubles titles on the ITF Circuit, and reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 178. The AEGON Award-winning former profess ...
(born 1988), English tennis player * Ineke Stoop (born 1953), Dutch statistician *
Julian de Stoop Julian de Stoop (born December 1980 in Melbourne) is an Australian journalist. De Stoop began his journalism career in 2002 with '' Inside Football'' magazine after completing a Bachelor of Arts at RMIT University. He joined the Nine Network f ...
(born 1980), Australian journalist * Pieter Stoop (born 1946), Dutch abstract painter * Rista Stoop (born 1970), South African female cricketer


See also

* Stoop (disambiguation) * Stoops (disambiguation) {{surname, Stoop Dutch-language surnames