Tzu
given name · Latin script
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
/tsu/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Tzu is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in China than in any other country.
- TWTaiwan≈1 in 571(inferred from the name graph)
- USUnited States1 in 1.7M
- CNChina≈1 in 30K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- China (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 153 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 571 (inferred from the name graph)
≈47,000 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Taiwan, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin
No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Tzu 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.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CN China | ≈47,000 est. | ≈1 in 30K | — | Tzu | 41 |
| TW Taiwan | ≈41,000 est. | ≈1 in 571 | — | Tzu | 125 |
| MY Malaysia | ≈1,000 est. | ≈1 in 32K | — | Tzu | 26 |
| AO Angola | ≈390 est. | ≈1 in 84K | — | Tzu | 2 |
| GB United Kingdom | ≈200 est. | ≈1 in 324K | — | Tzu | 33 |
| US United States | 191 | 1 in 1.7M | 98 | Tzu | 153 |
| HK Hong Kong | ≈160 est. | ≈1 in 44K | — | Tzu | 20 |
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 — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex. 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 recorded senses(measured from records)
Tzu is also recorded in 2 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In cdo, To cook or dress provi- sions ； wine and food, victuals ； millet used in sacrifice.
as a wordAn Alphabetic Dictionary of the Chinese Language in the Foochow Dialect
In cdo, long, narrow blade.. Also read ,cM : twins ； to bear twins ； to grow rc>ad ma in
as a wordAn Alphabetic Dictionary of the Chinese Language in the Foochow Dialect
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)
- Yang Zib. 1988CNnot in their usual nameChinese Go player
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).
How to address them(machine-generated)
A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 6 sources across 5 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 98 | #39,517 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 93 | #39,517 |
Reference works 1
- Dictionary of American Family Names
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
- How do you pronounce Tzu?
- A machine transcription gives /tsu/ (IPA) for Chinese.
- Is Tzu a male or female name?
- Tzu is recorded for both men and women. We don't publish a percentage split: a record's gender belongs to the person and is attached to every given name on that record, so names in cultures where a name string also carries a parent's or spouse's given name pick up large cross-gender counts.
- In which country does Tzu have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 47 thousand people named Tzu in China, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled tzu.
- How common is the name Tzu?
- In the United States, the national register counted 191 people named Tzu in 2020, about 1 in 1.7 million residents.
What do you want to know about Tzu?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/tzuThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
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, “Tzu”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.