roope
Roope is a name. As a given name, Roope is the Finnish variant of Robert,{{cite book |last1=Evans |first1=Cleveland Kent |title=The ultimate baby name book |date=1 May 1994 |publisher=Publications International |isbn=9780452272859 |page=239 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=t-jGSWcDDrYC |accessdate=16 September 2018 |quote="Robert Old English Hreodbeorht, "shining in fame," from hrothi [fame] + berhta [bright]."...."Variations:...Roope (Finnish)"}} while as a surname, it is an English occupational surname associated with rope makers or rope sellers.{{cite book |editor1-last=Hanks |editor1-first=Patrick |editor1-link=Patrick Hanks |title=Dictionary of American Family Names |date=2003 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=978-0195081374 |page=219 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FJoDDAAAQBAJ&pg=RA2-PA219 |accessdate=16 September 2018 |quote=Roope (187) English: metonymic occupational name for a maker or seller of rope, Middle English rop}}
Given name
- Roope Ahonen (born 1990), Finnish basketball player
- Roope Gröndahl (born 1989), Finnish pianist
- Roope Hämäläinen (born 1992), Finnish ice hockey player
- Roope Hintz (born 1996), Finnish ice hockey player
- Roope Jussila (1943 – 2013), Finnish Counselor
- Roope Kakko (born 1982), Finnish golfer
- Roope Kinnunen, stage name RoopeK, Finnish rapper
- Roope Laavainen (born 1998), Finnish ice hockey player
- Roope Latvala (born 1970), Finnish guitarist
- Roope Nikkilä (born 1990), Finnish ice hockey player
- Roope Noronen (born 1974), president of American Football Association of Finland
- Roope Ranta (born 1988), Finnish ice hockey player
- Roope Riski (born 1991), Finnish footballer
- Roope Salminen (born 1989), Finnish TV personality, singer and actor
- Roope Suomalainen (born 1973), retired Finnish sailor
- Roope Talaja (born 1988), Finnish ice hockey player
- Roope Tonteri (born 1992), Finnish snowboarder
Surname
- Fay Roope (1893–1961), American actor
- Gerard Broadmead Roope (1905–1940), British Royal Navy officer awarded the Victoria Cross posthumously
- Graham Roope (1946–2006), English cricketer
- Nicolas Roope (born 1972), British entrepreneur
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