Du (surname)

Du
The Du surname in regular script
Pronunciation(Pinyin)
Dou6 (Jyutping)
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
Pronunciation(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)

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

  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.