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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>'''''Nathu''''' (Hindustani नत्थू, نتھو, also rendered '''''Nathoo''''') is a [[Gujarati language|Gujarati]] name.<br />
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==Origin and demography==<br />
The name is borne by both Hindus and Muslims, as both a given name and as a surname. It is judged by the ''[[Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland]]'' to be of 'unexplained' origin. As of about 2016, 155 people bore the name as a surname in the spelling ''Nathoo'' and 63 in the spelling ''Nathu'' in [[Great Britain]], and none in [[Ireland]].<ref>''The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland'', ed. by Patrick Hanks, Richard Coates, and Peter McClure, 4 vols (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2016), III, p. 1928 [s.v. ''Nathoo'']; {{ISBN|978-0-19-967776-4}}.</ref><br />
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==People and characters named ''Nathu''==<br />
===As a given name===<br />
* [[List of The Jungle Book characters#In the Mowgli stories|Nathoo]], long-lost son of Messua in ''[[The Jungle Book]]''.<br />
* [[Nathu Dhobi]], Punjabi feedom-fighter<br />
* [[Nathu Khan]] (1920–1971), Pakistani sarangi player<br />
* [[Nathu Singh (cricketer)]] (born 1995), Indian cricketer<br />
* [[Nathu Singh Gurjar]] (born 1951), Indian politician<br />
* [[Nathu Singh Rathore]] (1900–?), Indian Army officer<br />
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===As a surname===<br />
* [[Anup Nathu]] (born 1960), New Zealand cricketer<br />
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[[Category:Hindu surnames]]</div>Ajay Kumar