Dou (surname)

Not to be confused with Du (surname) or Do (surname).

Dou (窦/竇)

Pronunciation	Dòu (Mandarin)
Language(s)	Chinese
Origin
Language(s)	Old Chinese
Other names
Variant form(s)	Tou4

Dou is the Mandarin pinyin romanization of the Chinese surname written 窦 in simplified Chinese and 竇 in traditional Chinese. It is romanized Tou in Wade–Giles. Dou is listed 39th in the Song dynasty classic text Hundred Family Surnames.[1] As of 2008, it is the 219th most common surname in China, shared by 380,000 people.[2]

Notable people

• Empress Dou (Wen) (died 135 BC), wife of Emperor Wen of Han and mother of Emperor Jing
• Dou Ying (窦婴; died 131 BC), Western Han general and chancellor
• Dou Rong (竇融; 16 BC – 62 AD), Eastern Han general and minister
• Dou Gu (died 88), Eastern Han general
• Dou Xian (died 92), Eastern Han general
• Empress Dou (Zhang) (died 97), wife of Emperor Zhang of Han, sister of Dou Xian
• Dou Wu (died 168), Eastern Han official, father of Empress Dou Miao
• Dou Miao (died 172), wife of Emperor Huan of Han
• Dou Chong (竇衝; died 394?), Former Qin general
• Empress Taimu (太穆皇后; 569–613), Tang dynasty empress, wife of Emperor Gaozu, and mother of Emperor Taizong
• Dou Wei (died 618), Tang dynasty chancellor
• Dou Jiande (573–621), Sui dynasty rebel leader
• Dou Kang (died 621), Tang dynasty chancellor
• Dou Dexuan (598–666), Tang dynasty chancellor
• Empress Zhaocheng (昭成皇后; died 693), mother of Emperor Xuanzong of Tang
• Dou Huaizhen (died 713), Tang dynasty chancellor
• Dou Can (734–793), Tang dynasty chancellor
• Dou Wentao (竇文濤; born 1967), Phoenix TV host
• Dou Wei (born 1969), singer-songwriter
• Shawn Dou or Dou Xiao (born 1988), Chinese-Canadian actor

References

1. "百家姓" [Hundred Family Surnames] (in Chinese). Guoxue. Retrieved 2014-09-25.
2. "中国最新300大姓排名（2008）" [300 most common surnames in China (2008)] (in Chinese). Taiwan.cn. 2009-01-06. Retrieved 2014-09-25.