Given name & surname
Du
“a wealthy guardian”
In Portuguese use, Du is a diminutive of Duarte. One Spanish interpretation is “a wealthy guardian.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
In Portuguese use, Du is a diminutive of Duarte. One Spanish interpretation is “a wealthy guardian.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
In Portuguese use, Du is a diminutive of Duarte. An origin associated with Duarte is Spanish.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In Portuguese usage, Du is a diminutive of Eduardo. In Portuguese usage, Du is a diminutive of Duarte.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1980. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Du through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 27
- 27 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1982
- 7 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 1988. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 7 in 1982. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,476 as a first name in 2020; 11,331 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Du’s family of names
In Portuguese usage, Du is a diminutive of Eduardo. In Filipino usage, Du as a surname shares an earlier linguistic root with Lou. In Portuguese usage, Du has a related form in EDU.
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Around the world
Du has relatives in 3 languages.
11 related names in 3 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 9
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Eduardofull form · Portuguese
- Louvariant · Tagalog
- Luvariant · Tagalog
- Lewvariant · Tagalog
- Eduvariant · Portuguese
- Duartefull form · Portuguese
- Duduvariant · Portuguese
- Loovariant · Tagalog
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Across languages 4
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Du
- Nguyễn DuVietnamese poet (1765-1820)1766–1820
- Du YumingChinese lieutenant general (1904–1981)
- Du BalaBrazilian footballer and managerborn 1981
- Du QueirozBrazilian footballerborn 2000
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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