Đỗ (
Chữ Hán
( , ) are the Chinese characters that were used to write Literary Chinese in Vietnam, Literary Chinese (; ) and Sino-Vietnamese vocabulary in Vietnamese language, Vietnamese. They were officially used in Vietnam after the Red River Delta region ...
: 杜) is a
Vietnamese family name. According to Lê Trung Hoa, a Vietnamese scholar, approximately 1.4 percent of Vietnamese people have this surname (2005).
[Lê Trung Hoa (2005). Họ và tên người Việt Nam, (Hà Nội), Việt Nam: NXB Khoa học Xã hội]
Origin
Story tells that , grandson of Thần Nông (
Shennong) when passing by
Nanling, he met and married a fairy named Đỗ Quý (also known as Princess Đoan Trang, she was often referred as Do Quý Thị (Lady Quý of House of Đỗ). She then gave birth to
Tuc Lo, later became
Kinh Dương Vương, father of
Lạc Long Quân.
Another person that many Vietnamese with this surname claim to be descended from is
Đỗ Cảnh Thạc, a warlord during the
12 Lords Rebellion.
Notable Đỗ
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Anh Do - Vietnamese Australian comedian/actor
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Đỗ Anh Vũ (1113–1158), official in the royal court of Lý Anh Tông, the sixth emperor of the Lý Dynasty
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Đỗ Cao Trí (1929–1971), general in the
Army of the Republic of Vietnam
The Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN; ; ) composed the ground forces of the Republic of Vietnam Military Forces, South Vietnamese military from its inception in 1955 to the Fall of Saigon on 30 April 1975. Its predecessor was the ground forc ...
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Đỗ Hoàng Điềm (born 1963), Vietnamese democracy advocate
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Khoa Do, Vietnamese Australian actor/director, younger brother of Anh Do
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Đỗ Mậu
Đỗ Mậu (; 1 July 1917 – 11 April 2002) was a Major general in the South Vietnamese Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN), best known for his roles as a recruiting strategist in both the 1963 South Vietnamese coup, 1963 coup that top ...
(1917–2002), general in the
Army of the Republic of Vietnam
The Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN; ; ) composed the ground forces of the Republic of Vietnam Military Forces, South Vietnamese military from its inception in 1955 to the Fall of Saigon on 30 April 1975. Its predecessor was the ground forc ...
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Đỗ Minh Quân (born 1984), Vietnamese tennis player
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Đỗ Mười, 20th century politician
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Đỗ Nhuận (1922–1991), Vietnamese classical composer
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Đỗ Thanh Nhơn, 18th century military commander
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Đỗ Thị Hải Yến (born 1982), Vietnamese actress
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Đỗ Thị Minh (born 1988), Vietnamese volleyball player
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Đỗ Thị Hà (born 2001), Miss Vietnam 2020
See also
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Do (surname) Do is a surname of multiple origins.
Derivations
* Do or Doh (), the romanization of the Korean surname
** According to the 2000 South Korean census, there were 54,779 people in 16,952 households with the surname spelled Do in Revised Romanization ...
References
NHỮNG NGƯỜI HỌ ĐỖ 5000 NĂM TRƯỚC (People with surname Đỗ 5000 years ago)
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Vietnamese-language surnames
gan:杜姓
ru:Ду (фамилия)
vi:Đỗ
zh:杜姓