Updated June 9, 2019 Share: Family name origins & meanings English : from the medieval personal name Hobb(e) (see Hobbs).Dutch : from Middle Dutch hoppe ‘hops’, hence a metonymic occupational name for a grower or seller of hops.Dutch : from a pet form of the personal name Hubrecht (see Hubert).South German : variant of Hoppe 3.North German form of Hopf.