Du (surname)

Du (Chinese: 杜; pinyin: Dù; Wade–Giles: Tu4) is a Chinese surname. The name is spelled Tu in Taiwan, in Hong Kong it is translated as To, in Macao it is spelled as Tou, the pronunciation of 杜 in Cantonese. The Vietnamese equivalent of the surname is Đỗ. However, when diacritics are dropped, it can also be from the Vietnamese surnames Dư 余 or Dũ 俞 (Chinese equivalent is both Yu). It is the 129th surname in Hundred Family Surnames and is the 42nd most common surname in Mainland China as of 2020.[1]

Du
The Du surname in regular script
PronunciationDù (Pinyin)
Tō͘ (Pe̍h-ōe-jī)
Language(s)Chinese, Vietnamese, Korean
Origin
Language(s)Old Chinese
DerivationQi (surname)
Meaningbirchleaf pear
Other names
Variant form(s)Du, Tu (Mandarin)
To, Tou (Cantonese)
Toh, Taw (Hokkien)
Đỗ (Vietnamese)
Derivative(s)Đỗ
See alsoFan
Du
Du surname in regular script
PronunciationDū (Pinyin)
To͘ (Pe̍h-ōe-jī)
Language(s)Chinese, Vietnamese
Origin
Language(s)Old Chinese
Meaningcapital
Other names
Variant form(s)Du, Tu (Mandarin)
Toh, Taw (Hokkien)

Origin and Branches of Du (杜)

The ancestors of the Du family are known as the Tangdu. The Tangdu resided southeast of Xi'an in Shaanxi province. The Fan (范) and Du clans share a common ancestor. Some members of the Du (杜) family are the Tuoba (拓跋) family of Emperor Xiaowen of Northern Wei. "Dugu" is the surname of Xianbei.

Meanings of Du (杜)
  • The Chinese name of Pyrus betulifolia, a deciduous tree of the genus pear in the rosaceae.
  • A verb: to stop; to prevent; to restrict[2]

People with this name

Du
  • Du Fu (杜甫) (712–770), Tang dynasty poet, considered one of China's greatest
  • Du Yu (杜預) (222–285), Jin dynasty classicist, wrote an influential commentary to the Zuozhuan
  • Du Ji (杜畿) (d. 224), Cao Wei official, grandfather of Du Yu
  • Du Mu (杜牧) (803–852), Tang dynasty poet
  • Lady Du Qiu (杜秋娘) (fl. 807–831), Tang dynasty poet
  • Du Ruhui (杜如晦) (585–630), Tang dynasty chancellor
  • Du Yan (杜淹) (d. 628), Tang dynasty chancellor, uncle of Du Ruhui
  • Du Fuwei (杜伏威) (d. 624), Sui dynasty military leader
  • Du Hong (杜洪) (d. 905), late Tang dynasty warlord
  • Du Wei (杜伟) (1968–2020), Chinese diplomat
  • Soon Ja Du, Korean-American shopkeeper convicted in the killing of Latasha Harlins
  • Du wenziu

Duh, Taw, To, Toh, Tu

都

It was found to be the 330th most common surname, shared by 140,060 people or 0.011% of the population, with the province with the most being Shandong.

  • Du Mu (Ming dynasty), (Chinese: 都穆; 1459–1525) was a Chinese poet, scholar and art critic from Suzhou
  • Ray Du English (Chinese: 阿滴英文) is a Taiwanese educational YouTube channel hosted by 2 siblings, one of whom is internet personality Ray Du (都省瑞)

See also

References
  1. 石璐言, ed. (2021-02-08). "《二〇二〇年全国姓名报告》发布". Archived from the original on 2021-02-08. Retrieved 2022-07-24.
  2. "汉典：杜的解释". Archived from the original on 2019-11-12. Retrieved 2019-11-12.
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