Duru

Meaning & origin●

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Duru is also recorded as 4 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• English given name26K records spelled Duru9 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Nigeria, Türkiye, Germany, United States

  Languages: English, German, Western Frisian

  Also written Duerue, Dürü

• Hindi given name5.7K records spelled Duru3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in India, Nigeria, Türkiye, United States

  Languages: Hindi, Urdu

  Also written Dürü

• Spanish given name2.0K records spelled Duru5 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Türkiye, Nigeria, Brazil, United States

  Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

  Also written Durú, Düru

• a separate given name861 records spelled Duru3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in India, Türkiye, United States, Nigeria

  Also written Dürü, Durù

45 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Duru is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In fj, knee

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In wyy, any upright piece of timber or rod which supports a weight; post, stud, pole, etc.

  as a word·Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (ACD), CLDF v2.0

• In Azerbaijani, liquid, fluid (existing in the physical state of a liquid)

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In Romanian, third-person singular simple perfect indicative of durea

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In Latvian, first-person singular present indicative of durt

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

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.

Over time●

US SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) — 20 years between 2004–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Duru Saygın Gülbaharb. 1979TRTurkish psychiatrist (born 1979)
• Duru Önverb. 1996TRTurkish actor (born 1996)
• Duru Aksub. 2001TRTurkish volleyball player (born 2001)
• Duru Okuyazb. 2002TRchess player
• Gökçe Duru Tatarb. 2005TRTurkish violinist (born 2005)
• Duru Kanberoğlub. 2008TRTurkish synchronized swimmer (born 2008)
• Duru TürkoğluTRTurkish academic

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).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 223 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Duru?

We estimate roughly 116 people bear Duru (counting its spellings and scripts) across 6 countries in our records.

In which country does Duru have the most bearers?

Duru is most frequently recorded in Türkiye, where it is most often spelled duru.

How common is Duru compared with other names?

In Türkiye, Duru is the 689th most common given name of 294,597 given names recorded there.

Is Duru a male or female name?

Duru is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.

What does the name Duru mean?

Recorded meaning: Bulanık olmayan, temiz, berrak, saf.