Ту

loc · Cyrillic script

Meaning: barren

Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published

Ту is a name written in the Cyrillic script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • RURussia≈1 in 1.8M(inferred from the name graph)
  • KZKazakhstan≈1 in 1.5Mas Тоо
  • FIFinland1 in 253Kas Too

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Ту itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

United States (measured from records)

351 named Too, 2010

2 (measured from records)

recorded for this name

Sources
62 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 1.8M (inferred from the name graph)

Russia, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

ТооCyrillic(measured from records)
TooLatin(measured from records)

Locally spelled Тоо in RU Russia, KZ Kazakhstan.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

barren

Sources 1

  • kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Attested across 27 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Ту counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Ту is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
US United States351as Too1 in 948K748—3
RU Russia≈80 est.≈1 in 1.8M—Тоо62
FI Finland22as Too1 in 253K22——
BR Brazil20as Too1 in 11M20——
KZ Kazakhstan≈13 est.≈1 in 1.5M—Тоо6
CH Switzerland10as Too1 in 840K10——
SE Sweden8as Too1 in 1.3M8—1

351 people counted by Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010, 2010. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020; DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup); IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname); BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames); Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Ту is also recorded as 3 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Uzbek name9 spellings in the group

    Also written Tu, Тў, Tù, Tứ, Tự

  • Croatian given name40 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Croatia, Spain

    Languages: Croatian, Bulgarian

    Also written Tu, Tü, Tứ, Tû, Tử

  • Kazakh name13 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Kazakhstan

    Also written Tu, Tù, Tú, Tư, Tử

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Ту is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In Tajik, you, thou (informal, grammatically singular)

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In Ukrainian, accusative feminine singular of той (toj)

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In Russian, feminine accusative singular of тот (tot)

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In Serbo-Croatian, there, here, in the said place

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In cu, there, in that place (general)

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

14001600180020002200Tu Long, b. 1543Tu Shen, b. 1744Tu Guangqi, b. 1914Tu Shou'e, b. 1917Tu Youyou, b. 1930Tu Zeng, b. 1975Meilen Tu, b. 1978To Chun Kiu, b. 1994Tu Xiaoyu, b. 2003
  • Tu Longb. 1543not in their usual namePlaywright and writer
  • Tu Shenb. 1744not in their usual nameQing dynasty person CBDB = 89201
  • Tu Guangqib. 1914CNnot in their usual nameChinese film director and screenwriter (1914-1980)
  • Tu Shou'eb. 1917CNnot in their usual nameChinese aerospace engineer
  • Tu Youyoub. 1930CNnot in their usual nameChinese medical scientist
  • Tu Zengb. 1975CNnot in their usual nameYuan dynasty person CBDB = 108510
  • Meilen Tub. 1978USnot in their usual nameAmerican tennis player
  • To Chun Kiub. 1994GBnot in their usual nameHong Kong association football player (1994-)
  • Tu Xiaoyub. 2003CNnot in their usual nameChinese Go player
  • Tu Shinot in their usual namemother of Maoweiguang

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 2 sources across 1 country.

Reference works 1

  • Wikipedia surname tokens

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Ту mean, and where does it come from?
barren Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
In which country does Ту have the most bearers?
In the United States, the national register counted about 351 people named Too, more than in any other country we hold.
How common is the name Ту?
In the United States, the national register counted 351 people named Too in 2010, about 1 in 948 thousand residents.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Ту”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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