Du is a boy's name of Portuguese origin meaning “black.” It is a rare choice in US records.
Du belongs to the Portuguese tradition. Its meaning — “black” — is the sense carried by its Portuguese roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, Du first appears in Social Security records in 1980. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #5178 in 1982, and in 2024 0 babies received the name — 27 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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Du means “black” in its Portuguese roots. We check every meaning against published sources before it appears here.
Du is a boy name.
Du comes from the Portuguese tradition.
Du first appears in US records in 1980. Its best-ever ranking was #5178 in 1982, and 0 babies were given the name in 2024.
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. If you spot an error, write to [email protected] — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.
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