Hopkins
| Origin | |
|---|---|
| Language(s) | English, Welsh, Irish Gaelic |
| 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 |
| Other names | |
| Variant form(s) | ap Popkyn, Hupkens, Hopkin, Hopcyn, Hopkinson, Dob(b), Hob(b), Hop, Nob(b), Rob, Robb, Robin, Robbins, Robinson, Popkyn, Robert |
| Frequency Comparisons:[1] | |
Hopkins is an English, Welsh and Irish patronymic surname. The English name means "son of Hob". Hob was a diminutive of Robert, itself deriving from the Germanic warrior name Hrod-berht, translated as "renowned-fame". The Robert spelling was introduced to England and Scotland after the Norman conquest of England.[citation needed]
The surname Hopkins or Hopcyn is associated with, and most common in Wales. A typical Welsh patronym, it is first recorded as ab Popkyn (son of Hopkin) in Monmouth, in the early 17th century, and became a standardized surname under English law.
The name in Ireland is an Anglicisation of the Irish Gaelic surname Mac Oibicin.
Common Hopkins names[]
- Charles Hopkins (disambiguation)
- George Hopkins (disambiguation)
- James Hopkins (disambiguation)
- John Hopkins (disambiguation)
- Mark Hopkins (disambiguation)
- Mary Hopkins (disambiguation)
- Michael Hopkins (disambiguation)
- Richard Hopkins (disambiguation)
- Stephen Hopkins (disambiguation)
- William Hopkins (disambiguation)
Known people surnamed Hopkins[]
- Anna Hopkins (born 1987), Canadian actress
- Andrew Delmar Hopkins (1857–1948), American entomologist
- Sir Anthony Hopkins (born 1937), actor
- Antony Hopkins, composer
- Antony Gerald Hopkins, British historian
- Arthur F. Hopkins (1794–1865), husband of Juliet Opie Hopkins
- Bernard Hopkins, professional boxer
- Bert Hopkins, Australian cricketer
- Bobb Hopkins, actor, director and founder of the National Hobo Association
- Brad Hopkins, former NFL offensive lineman
- Brycen Hopkins (born 1997), American football player & son of Brad
- Budd Hopkins, artist and UFO researcher
- Cathy Hopkins, novelist
- Christian Hopkins, American football player
- Claude Hopkins, musician
- Claude C. Hopkins, advertising man
- Constance Hopkins, Mayflower passenger
- CJ Hopkins, American playwright and author
- DeAndre Hopkins (born 1992), American football player
- Dustin Hopkins, American football player
- Edward Hopkins, settler/politician, governor of the Connecticut Colony
- Edward John Hopkins, English organist and composer
- Esek Hopkins (1718–1802), Continental Navy officer
- Ezekiel Hopkins, Bishop of Derry
- Frank Hopkins, U.S. cowboy
- Frank Hopkins, Royal Navy officer; Captain of HMS Ark Royal
- Frederick Gowland Hopkins, biochemist, Nobel Prize laureate
- Gail Hopkins (born 1943), American baseball player and coach
- Gareth Hopkins, New Zealand cricketer
- Gareth Hopkins (footballer)
- Gaynor Hopkins, better known under her stage name Bonnie Tyler (born 1951), singer
- Gerard Manley Hopkins, poet, Jesuit
- Graham Hopkins, drummer/musician
- Harold Hopkins, physicist
- Harry Hopkins, economics advisor to Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Herbert Hopkins, Australian/English cricketer
- Ian Hopkins, British police chief
- Isaac S. Hopkins, professor/founder Georgia Institute of Technology
- Jeff Hopkins, footballer
- Jeffrey Hopkins, Tibetologist
- Johns Hopkins, philanthropist
- Jon Hopkins, electronica musician
- Juliet Opie Hopkins (1818–1890), The Florence Nightingale of the south.
- Katie Hopkins, British TV personality and newspaper columnist
- Keith Hopkins, historian and sociologist
- Lightnin' Hopkins, blues guitarist and singer
- Tera Patrick (born Linda Ann Hopkins in 1976), pornographic actress
- Lisa Hopkins, opera singer
- Matthew Hopkins, 17th century witch-hunter
- Maudie Hopkins, last surviving American Civil War widow
- Mel Hopkins (born 1934), international footballer
- Milton Hopkins (biologist) (1906–1983), American botanist and textbook editor
- Milton N. Hopkins (1926–2007), farmer and ornithologist
- Milton W. Hopkins (1789–1844), American portrait painter
- Miriam Hopkins (1902–1972), American actress
- Nathan T. Hopkins, U.S. Representative from Kentucky
- Neil Hopkins, (born 1977) American actor
- Nelson K. Hopkins, New York State Comptroller, 1872–1875
- Nicky Hopkins, English rock pianist, 1944–94
- , Westminster MP born 1968
- Patty Hopkins (born 1942), British architect
- Paul Hopkins (baseball) (1904–2004), right-handed relief pitcher in Major League Baseball
- Paul Hopkins (actor) (born 1968), Canadian television, film and theatre actor
- Paul Hopkins (footballer) (born 1986), English former footballer
- Peter W. Hopkins (1826–1879), New York politician
- Rachel Hopkins, British Member of Parliament elected 2019
- Rob Hopkins (born 1968), English activist and writer, founder of the Transition Towns movement
- Ron Hopkins (born 1960), American football player
- Roy M. Hopkins (1943–2006), member of the Louisiana House of Representatives
- Stephen Hopkins (politician) (1707–1785) governor, Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations; Chief Justice, Rhode Island Supreme Court; signer, Declaration of Independence
- Telma Hopkins, actress/singer
- Tom Hopkins, English footballer
- Tim Hopkins, jazz musician
- Wes Hopkins, former NFL defensive back
- William Hersey Hopkins (1841–1919), American academic and college administrator
Fictional characters[]
- Jimmy Hopkins, main character of the controversial video game Bully
- Gilly Hopkins, main character of The Great Gilly Hopkins.
See also[]
References[]
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