Around the globe, Du (Du 
, 杜 , دو 
, among others...) is a common unisex forename. The forename Du is habitual in Macao, where it is quite a rare feminine name, Mongolia, where it is quite a rare boy's name, and Vietnam, where it is quite a rare predominantly male, but scarcely feminine name. Not in comparison with a country's population, this name is the most popular in China, India, and Vietnam. Much more frequently, Du is the last name as well as the forename.
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| Du | China, Vietnam, United States, India, Myanmar |
| 杜 | China |
| دو | Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Algeria, Egypt, Syria |
| Дю | Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Russia, Kyrgyzstan |
| דו | Israel |
Du is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Du Bois , the character in the play "The Misanthrope" and Du Croc , the fictional character appearing in the movie « Marie Reine d'Écosse », Mary, Queen of Scots.
| du fen Tang dynasty person CBDB = 139804 (b. 630) |
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| tran khanh du Vietnamese prince (b. 1240) |
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| du zhong politician (b. 1441) |
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| du fang Qing dynasty person CBDB = 76430 (b. 1602) |
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| nguyễn phúc ngọc du (b. 1762) |
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| willis f. la du American politician (1856-1929), US (b. 1856) |
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| đỗ ngọc du Vietnamese revolutionary (b. 1907) |
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miranda du District Judge, US (b. 1969) |
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| cao du Chinese translator (b. 1922) |
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| huy du Vietnamese composer (1926-2007), VN (b. 1926) |
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du yun Chinese-born American composer, multi-instrumentalist, performance artist, US (b. 1977) |
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| cao du Chinese translator (1932-) (b. 1932) |
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| fan du botanist (b. 1957) |
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| nguyễn văn du VN (b. 1960) |
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| nguyễn văn du VN (b. 1963) |
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