Given name & surname
Hao
“one who is perfectly behaved”·“a good man”
Hao is used as a given name and a surname. Interpretations include “one who is perfectly behaved” (Vietnamese) and “a good man” (Vietnamese). These may reflect different naming traditions.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Interpretations include “one who is perfectly behaved” (Vietnamese) and “a good man” (Vietnamese). These may reflect different naming traditions.
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Vietnamese.
How it developed
In English usage, Hao as a surname developed from 郝.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1976. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Hao through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 454
- 449 boys · 5 girls
- Most popular year
- 1992
- 20 babies
- 2025
- 6
- #11,154 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −58%
- Cooling
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 6 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 11,154 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for boys was 20 in 1992. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 8,585 as a first name in 2020; 3,957 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Hao’s family of names
In English usage, Hao as a surname developed from the Chinese form 郝. In English usage, Hao as a surname has a related form in Haobam. In English usage, Hao as a surname has a related form in Haobijam.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 10
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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People named Hao
- Lee HoSouth Korean association football playerborn 1984
- Wang HaoChinese racewalkerborn 1989
- Chang HaoChinese synchronised swimmerborn 1997
- You HaoChinese artistic gymnastborn 1992
- Zhang HaoChinese singer and dancerborn 2000
- Liu HaoChinese sprint canoeist born 1993
- Hao WangChinese-American mathematician and philosopher (1921–1995)
- Jing HaoChinese (Tang Dynasty) landscape painter (855-915)
- Tang HaoChinese lawyer1887–1959
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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