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 vene ...
) 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.
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
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
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Đỗ Hoàng Điềm (born 1963), Vietnamese democracy advocate
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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, fleein ...
, Vietnamese Australian actor/director, younger brother of Anh Do
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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
Army of the Republic of Vietnam
*
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
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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 ...
, 20th century politician
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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 mu ...
(1922–1991), Vietnamese classical composer
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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
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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
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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 (2002–2 ...
(born 1988), Vietnamese volleyball player
See also
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Do (surname) Do is a surname of multiple origins.
Derivations
* Đỗ or Do, a Vietnamese surname
* Do, the romanization of the Korean surname
* Do, Italian surname, from the Lombard name of Ono San Pietro
People
* Anh Do (born 1977), Vietnamese-Austral ...
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