Đỗ is a

Vietnamese family name Traditional Vietnamese personal names generally consist of three parts, used in Eastern name order. * A family name (normally patrilineal, The father’s family name may be combined with the mother's family name to form a compound 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 Shennong (), variously translated as "Divine Farmer" or "Divine Husbandman", born Jiang Shinian (), was a mythological Chinese ruler known as the first Yan Emperor who has become a deity in Chinese and Vietnamese folk religion. He is venerat ...

) 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 Kinh Dương Vương ( Hán tự: 涇陽王; "King of Kinh Dương") is a legendary ancient Vietnamese figure, mentioned in the 15th-century work ''Đại Việt sử ký toàn thư'' by having unified all the tribes within his territory into one ...

, father of

Lạc Long Quân Lạc Long Quân (Chữ Hán:貉龍君; "Dragon King of Lạc"; also called Sùng Lãm 崇纜) is a semi-mythical king of the Hồng Bàng dynasty of ancient Vietnam. Quân was the son of Kinh Dương Vương, the king of Xích Quỷ. He is the ...

. Another person that many Vietnamese with this surname claim to be descended from is

Đỗ Cảnh Thạc Đỗ Cảnh Thạc ( vi-hantu, 杜景碩, 912–967), formally Duke Cảnh (景公), was a warlord of Vietnam during the Period of the 12 Warlords. Đỗ Cảnh Thạc was a Chinese from Guangling (in mordern Yangzhou, Jiangsu Province). ...

, a warlord during the 12 Lords Rebellion.

Notable Đỗ

Anh Do Anh Do (born 2 June 1977) is a Vietnamese-born Australian author, actor, comedian, and painter. He has appeared on Australian TV shows such as ''Thank God You're Here'' and ''Good News Week'', and was runner-up on ''Dancing with the Stars'' in ...

- Vietnamese Australian comedian/actor *

Đỗ Anh Vũ Đỗ Anh Vũ ( Hán tự: 杜英武) (1113–1158) was an official in the royal court of Lý Anh Tông, the sixth emperor of the Lý Dynasty. Considered the most prominent figure of the consort clan during the Early Lý period, Đỗ Anh Vũ ...

(1113–1158), official in the royal court of Lý Anh Tông, the sixth emperor of the Lý Dynasty *

Đỗ Cao Trí Lieutenant General Đỗ Cao Trí (20 November 1929 – 23 February 1971) was a general in the Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) known for his fighting prowess and flamboyant style. Trí started out in the French Army before transferring ...

(1929–1979), general in the

Army of the Republic of Vietnam The Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN; ; french: Armée de la république du Viêt Nam) composed the ground forces of the Republic of Vietnam Military Forces, South Vietnamese military from its inception in 1955 to the Fall of Saigon in April ...

* Đỗ Hoàng Điềm (born 1963), Vietnamese democracy advocate *

Khoa Do Khoa Do (Vietnamese: ''Đỗ Khoa'', ), is a film director, screenwriter, and philanthropist. He received the Young Australian of the Year Award in 2005. Early life and family The Do family left Vietnam in 1980 as Vietnamese refugees, fleeing S ...

, Vietnamese Australian actor/director, younger brother of Anh Do *

Đỗ Mậu Major General Đỗ Mậu (1 January 1917 – 11 April 2002) was an officer in the Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) best known for his roles as a recruiting strategist in both the 1963 coup that toppled President Ngô Đình Diệm and ...

(1917–2002), general in the

Đỗ Minh Quân Đỗ Minh Quân (7 January 1984) is a retired Vietnamese tennis Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent ( singles) or between two teams of two players each ( doubles). Each player uses a te ...

(born 1984), Vietnamese tennis player *

Đỗ Mười Đỗ Mười (; 2 February 1917 – 1 October 2018) was a Vietnamese communist politician. He rose in the party hierarchy in the late 1940s, became Chairman of the Council of Ministers in 1988 and was elected General Secretary of the Central C ...

, 20th century politician *

Đỗ Nhuận Đỗ Nhuận (December 10, 1922 in Hải Dương – May 18, 1991 in Hanoi) was a Vietnamese classical composer. He is known for the first homegrown Vietnamese opera - ''Cô Sao'' "Miss Sao." This and other more-or-less revolutionary themed mus ...

(1922–1991), Vietnamese classical composer *

Đỗ Thanh Nhơn Đỗ Thanh Nhơn (died 1781) was an 18th-century Vietnamese military commander. Early life Details of Đỗ Thanh Nhơn's early life are unknown except that he was a low-ranking naval officer of lord Nguyễn Phúc Thuần. The Dong Son army ...

, 18th century military commander *

Đỗ Thị Hải Yến Do Thi Hai Yen (born 1 October 1982) is a Vietnamese actress. She was born in Bac Ninh Province and grew up in Hanoi where she graduated from the Vietnamese Ballet School after seven years of study. Biography In 1999, director Tran Anh Hung i ...

(born 1982), Vietnamese actress *

Đỗ Thị Minh Đỗ Thị Minh (born August 3, 1988) is a Vietnamese volleyball player, and a member of the Vietnam women's national volleyball team. Career Minh played the 2013/14 season with the Thai club Idea Khonkaen. Clubs * Thông tin LVPB (2002–20 ...

(born 1988), Vietnamese volleyball player

References

NHỮNG NGƯỜI HỌ ĐỖ 5000 NĂM TRƯỚC (People with surname Đỗ 5000 years ago)
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Notable Đỗ

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