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Globally, 朱 (Chu , Zhu , 朱 , and others...) is a common epicene given name. The first name 朱 is habitual in Eastern Asia, particularly Macao, where it is quite a common unisex name, Hong Kong, and Mongolia, where it is quite a common girly name. Measured by absolute frequency, it most frequently occurs in China, Hong Kong, and Indonesia. Predominantly, 朱 is the last name as well as the forename.
VARIANT | COUNTRY |
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Chu, Zhu | China, Myanmar, United States, Malaysia, Hong Kong |
朱 | China |
주 | South Korea |
Zhū | China, Myanmar |
朱 is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Zhu Mian , the Jin Ping Mei character; Zhu Ma , the Dream of the Red Chamber character; Chu Hsi , the fictional Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles character; Chu Liuxiang , the character in wuxia fiction, 楚留香新傳 and Zhu Li , the character in The Legend of Korra, among other works.