Hopping Family History
Hopping Name Meaning
English: perhaps a nickname for a dancer from Middle English hopping(e) ‘dancing dance’. Compare Hopper English: perhaps a topographic name from Old English hoping a derivative of hop ‘remote enclosed place’ for someone who lived at or near such a place. Compare Hopper 2 and Hope . North German (Höpping): probably a habitational name from Höpingen in Westphalia or from Hoppe with the suffix -ing of affiliation.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022