Du (surname)
 The Du surname in regular script | |
| Pronunciation | Dù (Pinyin) Tō͘ (Pe̍h-ōe-jī) |
|---|---|
| Language(s) | Chinese, Vietnamese, Korean |
| Origin | |
| Language(s) | Old Chinese |
| Derivation | Qi (surname) |
| Meaning | birchleaf pear |
| Other names | |
| Variant form(s) | Du, Tu (Mandarin) To, Tou (Cantonese) Toh, Taw (Hokkien) Đỗ (Vietnamese) |
| Derivative(s) | Đỗ |
| See also | Fan |
 Du surname in regular script | |
| Pronunciation | Dū (Pinyin) To͘ (Pe̍h-ōe-jī) |
|---|---|
| Language(s) | Chinese, Vietnamese |
| Origin | |
| Language(s) | Old Chinese |
| Meaning | capital |
| Other names | |
| Variant form(s) | Du, Tu (Mandarin) Toh, Taw (Hokkien) |
Du (Chinese: 杜; pinyin: Dù; Wade–Giles: Tu) is a Chinese family name. 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. It is the 129th surname in Hundred Family Surnames and is the 47th most popular surname in China according to the 2006 census.
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.
Origin and Branches of Du (都)
Du (都) family originated from Ji (姬) family of Zheng (state), Mi (芈) family of Chu (state), Chen (陳/陈) family of Qi (state).
People with this name
Du
- Du Fu (杜甫) (712–770)
- Du Yan (杜淹) (d. 628)
- Du Yu (杜预) officer of the Jin Dynasty
- Du Ruhui (杜如晦) (585-630), nephew of Du Yan Chancellor of the Tang Dynasty
- Du Mu (杜牧) a poet of the Tang dynasty
- Du Fuwei (杜伏威)
- Soon Ja Du
- Lady Du Qiu (杜秋娘) poetess during the Tang dynasty
Taw, To, Toh, Tu
- Taw Sein Ko (杜成誥/杜成浩), Burma's first archaeologist
- Alex To (杜德偉/杜德伟), a singer from Hong Kong
- Johnnie To (杜琪峯/杜琪峰), a film director from Hong Kong
- Chapman To, an actor from Hong Kong
- Tu Cheng-sheng, Taiwanese politician
- Toh Chin Chye, (杜进才), a prominent first generation political leader in Singapore
See also
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