Hop

English

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Dutch Hop.

Proper noun

Hop (plural Hops)

1. A surname from Dutch.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Hop is the 40371^st most common surname in the United States, belonging to 542 individuals. Hop is most common among White (88.56%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Hop”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 200.

Etymology 2

Noun

Hop (plural Hops)

1. (Australia, slang) Ellipsis of John Hop (“a police officer”).
   • 1923, D[avid] H[erbert] Lawrence, Kangaroo, London: Martin Secker, page 356:

     "Police!" snarled Jack. "Bloody Johnny Hops! They couldn't hold a sucking pig in their hands, unless somebody hung on to its tail for them. It's our boys who've got things in hand. And handed them over to the Hops."

Etymology 3

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Proper noun

Hop

1. Synonym of Mari (etymology 3)

References

• “Hop, n.³”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.

Czech

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɦop]

Proper noun

Hop m anim (female equivalent Hopová)

1. a male surname

Declension

Declension of Hop (hard masculine animate)

	singular	plural
nominative	Hop	Hopové
genitive	Hopa	Hopů
dative	Hopovi	Hopům
accusative	Hopa	Hopy
vocative	Hope	Hopové
locative	Hopovi	Hopech
instrumental	Hopem	Hopy

Further reading

• “Hop”, in Příjmení.cz (in Czech)