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屠 Tu — a rarer surname

65.0 / 100 overall fit 🔊 hear it

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Where the surname comes from

A real Chinese surname from the ancient state of Tu. Its best-known bearer is Tu Youyou, who won the 2015 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for discovering artemisinin. (The character also means 'butcher' — a legacy of the state name, not an occupation.)

Why it scores this way

Reads the way it looks for an English speaker — no sounds English doesn't have.

Outside the top 100 — distinctive, but some people will ask you to repeat or write it.

12 strokes — a little practice and it flows.

People who carried this name

• Tu Youyou — Nobel laureate in Physiology or Medicine 2015 (b.1930), discovered artemisinin for malaria.
• Tu Long — Ming dynasty dramatist and poet, known for his plays and literary essays.
• Tu Ji — Late Qing and early Republican historian, specialized in Mongol history, author of historical works.

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