Given name · Japanese
まお
“true, real, genuine”
まお (Mao) is a feminine given name. It is used in Japanese.
JapaneseWritten in Japanese kana script. In English: Mao.
Meaning & origin
What it means
まお probably goes back to a word meaning “true, real, genuine.”
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まお’s family of names
In Japanese usage, まお can be written in the Roman alphabet as MAO. In Japanese usage, まお has a related form in 摩緒. In Japanese usage, まお has a related form in 真.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 8
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named まお
- KūkaiJapanese Buddhist monk and calligrapher, the founder of the Shingon school (774–835)
- Mao HosoyaJapanese association football playerborn 2001
- Mao IchimichiJapanese voice actressborn 1992
- Mao KobayashiJapanese association football playerborn 1999
- Mao KobayashiJapanese newscaster and actress1982–2017
- Mao ShimadaJapanese figure skaterborn 2008
- Mao AraiJapanese judokaborn 2003
- Mao DendaJapanese singerborn 1980
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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