Forename Chu

Around the globe, Chu (Chu , 朱 , 术 , among others...) is a common unisex forename. The first name Chu is characteristic of Eastern Asia, particularly Macao, where it is quite a common gender-neutral name, Hong Kong, and Mongolia, where it is quite a common girly name. In absolute terms, it is commonest in China, Hong Kong, and Vietnam. Predominantly, Chu is the last name as well as the forename.

Translations, transliterations and names similar to the name Chu

name Chao, name Cow, name Guk, name Chũ, name Chute, name Ciu, name Ju, name Cho, name Chứ, name Chừ, name Chû, name ชู, name Joo, name Чу, name Jú, name Chou, name Chu, name Jhu, name Jew, name Chow, name Chhiu, name Cĥú, name Joe, name Chù, name Cĥu, name Cook, name Hú, name Chiau, name Chủ, name 朮, name تشو, name Choo, name Chữ, name 朱, name Cĥŭ, name Châu, name Chi, name Chŭ, name จู, name Chih, name Hồ, name Chew, name Chử, name צ'ו, name 추, name Jhoe, name Hu, name Hù, name Cúc, name Ху, name Chụ, name Gook, name 术, name Jou, name チュー, name Chyu, name Chư, name Chú, name Gug, name Chū, name Chau, name Chiu

VARIANT	COUNTRY
Chu	Hong Kong, Myanmar, United States, Malaysia, China
朱, 朮, 术	China
จู, ชู	Thailand
Чу, Ху	Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Belarus, Russia, Kyrgyzstan
チュー	Japan
تشو	Morocco, Egypt, Libya, Sudan, Algeria
추	South Korea
צ'ו	Israel

First names said to be same

Chao, Chau, Chew, Chhiu, Chi, Chiau, Chih, Chiu, Cho, Choo, Chou, Chow, Chute, Chyu, Châu, Chù, Chú, Chû, Chũ, Chū, Chŭ, Chư, Chụ, Chủ, Chứ, Chừ, Chử, Chữ, Ciu, Cook, Cow, Cúc, Cĥu, Cĥú, Cĥŭ, Gook, Gug, Guk, Hu, Hù, Hú, Hồ, Jew, Jhoe, Jhu, Joe, Joo, Jou, Ju, Jú,

First name Chu in the context

Chu is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Chu Hsi , the fictional Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles character; Chu Liuxiang , the character in wuxia fiction, 楚留香新傳 and Chu , the musical character in the musical San Toy; a Widow.

Notable namesakes

	king qingxiang of chu King of Chinese state of Chu from 298 to 263 BC (b. 329)
	king huai of chu King of Chu (b. 350)
	king xuan of chu King of Chinese state of Chu from 369 to 340 BC (b. 370)
	chu yuan Chinese official (b. 435)
	king mu of chu king of the state of Chu in ancient China (b. 650)
	king wu of chu King of Chu (b. 750)
	nguyễn phúc chu Vietnamese ruler, VN (b. 1675)
	chu mạnh trinh Vietnamese poet (b. 1862)
	chou sing chu Founder of Popular Book Company (later known as Popular Group) in 1936 to retail Chinese books (b. 1905)
	almond chu Chinese photographer, CN (b. 1962)
	grandy chu fashion designer
	chao yi chu botanist (b. 1934)
	li-ming kuo chu professor of nursing, CN (b. 1937)
	lau chiang chu, vivien bowler (b. 1942)
	morgan chu American patent lawyer, US (b. 1950)

Characteristic surnames

Ma, Ar, An, Al, Sk, Sy, So, Se, Su, Ab, Si, M,, Mg, Ms, Mr, My, Mu, Mi, Mo, Sa, and Ad