title: Roope
text: # Roope
  
  Roope is a name. As a given name, Roope is the Finnish variant of Robert, while as a surname, it is an English occupational surname associated with rope makers or rope sellers.
  
  ## 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
  