Throughout the world, Hooper (Hooper 
, フーパー 
, 胡珀 
, among others...) is a rare dominantly male, but seldom feminine given name. The given name Hooper is characteristic of the United States, where it is a very rare predominantly male, but very infrequently feminine name, the United Kingdom, where it is a very rare gender-neutral name, and Philippines, where it is an extremely rare boy's name. Measured by absolute frequency, it most frequently occurs in China, the United States, and Nigeria. Much more frequently, Hooper is the last name as well as the forename.
Hooper is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Hooper , the mascot for the National Basketball Association team, Detroit Pistons.
| archibald maclaine hooper (b. 1775) |
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lewis hooper English stage director (b. 1876) |
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stanford caldwell hooper United States admiral, US (b. 1884) |
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| willoughby wallace hooper English photographer (1837-1912), GB (b. 1837) |
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perry o. hooper, sr. Retired Alabama judge (1925-2016), US (b. 1925) |
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tobe hooper American film director, screenwriter and producer (1943-2017), US (b. 1943) |
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| dudley hooper British accountant and electronic data processing pioneer, GB (b. 1911) |
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| wynne hooper Welsh footballer (born 1952), GB (b. 1952) |
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| perry hooper jr. American politician, US (b. 1954) |
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| perry o. hooper, jr. Alabama businessman and politician, US (b. 1954) |
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| giles hooper British musicologist, GB (b. 1974) |
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| lee hooper researcher |
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| ray hooper college basketball player (1993–1993) Cal State Fullerton |
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| lawrie hooper Manx politician, GB |
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