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独孤 Dugu — a rarer surname
67.5 / 100 overall fit
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| Pinyin | Dugu |
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| Strokes | 17 |
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| Commonness | outside the top 100 |
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| Type | compound surname |
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Where the surname comes from
An ancient Xianbei noble surname, once among the most powerful families of the north.
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 China40
Outside the top 100 — distinctive, but some people will ask you to repeat or write it.
Easy to write64
17 strokes — a little practice and it flows.
People who carried this name
- Dugu Xin — Northern Zhou general (503–557), whose three daughters all became empresses.
- Dugu Qieluo — Empress Dugu Qieluo, wife of Emperor Wen of Sui, influential political figure in early Sui dynasty.
- Dugu Ji — Tang dynasty writer and advocate of classical prose, known for essays and poetry.
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