The tu Surname
tu Name Meaning and History
- Chinese
: from the name of the Tu river, a tributary
of the Yangtze. - Chinese
: from one of the
characters in the name of the ancient city of Zoutu. The legendary
emperor Huang Di (2697–2595 bc) used this city as a
military base. Both characters of the city name, Zou (see Zou)
and Tu, were adopted as surnames. - Chinese: variant of Du.
- Vietnamese: unexplained.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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