JoOp

given name · Latin script

Meaning, in Dutch: a male given name from Dutch, corresponding to Jakob and Johannes, also to Jozef in the South

Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

/joːp/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

JoOp is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the Netherlands than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • NLNetherlands1 in 6.8K(measured from records)
  • BEBelgium≈1 in 106K
  • GHGhana≈1 in 196K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Netherlands (measured from records)

2,557 people

Sources
121 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 6.8K (inferred from the name graph)

Netherlands

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

a male given name from Dutch, corresponding to Jakob and Johannes, also to Jozef in the South

Sources 1

  • kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Attested across 17 languages in the etymology graph.

How JoOp is read(measured from records)

JoOp is one spelling over 3 language communities, and the dictionaries record it differently in 2 of them. Each row is what a source recorded for that language, beside the share of this name’s records the language holds. No single row is the name’s meaning.

  • Dutch72%

    a male given name from Dutch, corresponding to Jakob and Johannes, also to Jozef in the South

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • English9.9%

    No dictionary in our sources glosses JoOp in English.

  • German5.1%

    from Hiob

    as a nameDeutsche Namenkunde: Unsere Familiennamen nach ihrer Entstehung und Bedeutung

The share is ours — how much of this name’s records each language holds. The sense beside it is the source’s, quoted and credited, including where it names a gender. We do not publish a gender of our own per language: our records carry one figure for the spelling as a whole.

Where in the world(measured from records)

JoOp counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where JoOp is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
NL Netherlands#1832,5571 in 6.8K2.5KJoOp121
DE Germany—≈290 est.≈1 in 281K1JoOp47
GH Ghana—≈150 est.≈1 in 196K—JoOp2
US United States—≈130 est.≈1 in 2.6MlistedJoOp73
BE Belgium—≈110 est.≈1 in 106K—JoOp25
CH Switzerland—≈29 est.≈1 in 294K—JoOp10

2,557 people counted by Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018), counting the spelling joop. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018); the de-duesseldorf-vornamen register. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

JoOp is also recorded as another name, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Thai given name3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Netherlands, Thailand

    Also written โย๊ป, โยป

44 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

JoOp is also recorded in one other lexicon, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • Dutch: pet form of Josef (see JOSEPH ) and of Johannes (see JOHN ).

    as a word

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

188019001920194019601980Joop Westerweel, b. 1899Joop den Uyl, b. 1919Joop Doderer, b. 1921Joop Stokkermans, b. 1937Joop Braakhekke, b. 1941Joop Wilhelmus, b. 1943Joop Zoetemelk, b. 1946Joop Hiele, b. 1958Joop Gall, b. 1963Joop Wijn, b. 1969

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

How to address them(machine-generated)

InformalHallo Joop,Hi Joop, (English)

A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 14 sources across 9 countries.

Official registers attesting JoOp
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
NL NetherlandsMeertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018)—2.5K#595
NL NetherlandsMeertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (live per-name BRP counts, 1790-2017)—1K#2,075
NL NetherlandsMeertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018)—45#9,002
NL NetherlandsMeertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (live per-name BRP counts, 1790-2017)—16#22,173
DE GermanyStadt Düsseldorf Open Data — Vornamen Neugeborene20091—

Reference works 3

  • Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
  • Wikipedia given-name tokens
  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name JoOp mean, and where does it come from?
a male given name from Dutch, corresponding to Jakob and Johannes, also to Jozef in the South Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
How do you pronounce JoOp?
A machine transcription gives /joːp/ (IPA) for Dutch.
Is JoOp a male or female name?
JoOp is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
What are other forms of the name JoOp?
In the etymology graph, Jose, John and Juan are forms of the same name in other languages; it is recorded as a short form of Jan and Johan.
In which country does JoOp have the most bearers?
In the Netherlands, the national register counted about 2.6 thousand people named JoOp, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled JoOp.
Where is JoOp most common?
JoOp is densest in the Netherlands, where the national register counts about 1 in 6.8 thousand people carrying it.
How common is the name JoOp?
In the Netherlands, the national register counted 2,557 people named JoOp, about 1 in 6.8 thousand residents.
How common is JoOp compared with other names?
In the Netherlands, JoOp is the 183rd most common given name of 101,916 given names recorded there.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “JoOp” — the 183rd most common given name in Netherlands. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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