Skop Family History
Skop Name Meaning
Polish and Jewish (Ashkenazic): nickname from Polish skop ‘wether castrated ram’. The Polish word also has other meanings denoting for example a pail and a kind of tax; the surname could also have originated with one of these senses i.e. as an occupational name for a maker of pails or for a tax collector. Czech and Slovak (Škop): nickname or metonymic occupational name from škop ‘small wooden container’. Slovak (Škop): alternatively a nickname from škop ‘wether castrated ram’.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022