A surname meaning 'mud', from the ancient state of Tu.
Why it scores this way
Easy to say96
Reads the way it looks for an English speaker — no sounds English doesn't have.
Recognised in China42
Outside the top 100 — distinctive, but some people will ask you to repeat or write it.
Easy to write70
10 strokes — a little practice and it flows.
People who carried this name
Tu Changwang — Meteorologist (1906–1962), founder of modern Chinese meteorology.
Tu Men — Inner Mongolian actor; best known for Old Beast, for which he won Best Leading Actor at the 54th Golden Horse Awards.
Tu Shandong — Chinese chemical engineering academician; elected to the Chinese Academy of Engineering; known for high-temperature structural integrity research.