Hopkins
| Hopkins |
| Family name |
| Meaning |
"renowned-fame"; "Son of Hob" (or "Son of Robert"; a direct translation from the old English version, Hobbe-kyn) |
| Region of origin |
Wales, England, Scotland, Ireland |
| Language(s) of origin |
English, Cymraeg, Irish Gaelic |
| Related names |
Hopkin, Hopkinson, Dob(b), Hob(b), Hop, Nob(b), Rob, Robb, Robin, Robbins, Robinson, Popkyn, Robert |
| Footnotes: Frequency Comparisons[1] |
Hopkins is an English, Welsh and Irish patronymic surname. The English and Welsh derivations mean "son of Hob". It derives from the Germanic warrior name Hrod-berht, translated as "renowned-fame". It was 'borrowed' into French, where the spelling was changed from "Hob" to "Robert". The name in Ireland is an Anglicisation of the Irish Gaelic name Mac Oibicin. The name increased in popularity in, and became associated with, Wales around the 17th century. The Robert spelling was introduced to England and Scotland after the Norman conquest of England.
People with the surname Hopkins include:
- Anthony Hopkins (born 1937; aka Sir Anthony Hopkins), actor
- Antony Hopkins, composer
- Bernard Hopkins, professional boxer
- Bert Hopkins, cricketer
- Bobb Hopkins, actor/director, and founder of the National Hobo Association
- Brad Hopkins, former NFL offensive lineman
- Brayden Hopkins, professional duster
- Cathy Hopkins, novelist
- Charles Hopkins, several people
- Claude Hopkins, musician
- Claude C. Hopkins, advertising man
- Constance Hopkins, Mayflower passenger and first Town Clerk of Eastham, Massachusetts
- Edward Hopkins, settler/politician, Governor of the Connecticut Colony
- Frank Hopkins, U.S. cowboy
- Frank Hopkins, Royal Navy officer; Captain of HMS Ark Royal
- Frederick Gowland Hopkins, biochemist, Nobel Prize laureate
- Gareth Hopkins, cricketer
- George Hopkins (1896–1985), Academy Award-winning set designer, playwright and production designer
- George H. Hopkins (1842–????), politician
- George W. Hopkins, industrialist
- George Washington Hopkins (1804–1861), politician, diplomat, lawyer, judge and teacher
- Gerard Manley Hopkins, poet
- Graham Hopkins, drummer/musician
- Harold Hopkins, FRS, physicist
- Harry Lloyd Hopkins, economics advisor to Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Harry Edward Hopkins III, Town Commissioner of Bel Air, Maryland
- Herbert Hopkins, cricketer
- Isaac S. Hopkins, professor/founder Georgia Institute of Technology
- James Campbell Hopkins, federal judge
- Jeff Hopkins, footballer
- Jeffrey Hopkins (Tibetologist), Tibetologist
- Jimmy Hopkins, main character of the controversial videogame "Bully"
- John Hopkins, several people
- Johns Hopkins, philanthropist
- Keith Hopkins, historian and sociologist
- Lightnin' Hopkins, blues guitarist and singer
- Linda Ann Hopkins Shapiro, pornographic actress most known as Tera Patrick
- Lisa Hopkins, opera singer
- Mark Hopkins, several people
- Matthew Hopkins, 17th century witch-hunter
- Maudie Hopkins, last surviving American Civil War widow
- Mel Hopkins (born 1934), international footballer
- Michael Hopkins, several people
- Michael J. Hopkins, mathematician
- Mike Hopkins (baseball), baseball player
- Milton N. Hopkins (1926–2007), farmer and ornithologist
- Nathan T. Hopkins, U.S. Representative from Kentucky
- Nelson K. Hopkins, New York State Comptroller, 1872–1875
- Paul Henry Hopkins (1904-2004), baseball pitcher
- Paul Hopkins (actor), Canadian TV actor
- Richard Hopkins, chess player and soldier
- Roy M. Hopkins (1943–2006), member of the Louisiana House of Representatives
- Stephen Hopkins, several people
- Telma Hopkins, actress/singer
- Tiffany Hopkins, actress
- Tim Hopkins, jazz musician
- Wes Hopkins, former NFL defensive back
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