Given name & surname

Jiao

Jiao is a surname from Mandarin.

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Jiao comes from Mandarin.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

From Mandarin ^焦.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Jiao’s family of names

In English usage, Jiao as a surname has a related form in CHIAO.

Walk Jiao’s family in the name graph

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Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.

Hover or tab through the constellation to see how each name is related. Bigger dots are names more people in the U.S. share.

Nicknames & forms 1

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

Across languages 2

Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.

People named Jiao

Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.

Similar names

If you love Jiao, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

Chinese

Miao

Miao is a surname from Mandarin.

No U.S. birth series

12% boys · 88% girls

Chinese

Piao

Piao is a surname from Chinese.

No U.S. birth series

16% boys · 84% girls

Chinese

Liao

Liao is a surname from Mandarin.

No U.S. birth series

26% boys · 74% girls

Chinese

Hsiao

Hsiao is a surname from Mandarin.

No U.S. birth series

10% boys · 90% girls

Chinese

Qiao

“one who is beautiful; attractive” · “a handsome man”

No U.S. birth series

7% boys · 93% girls

Chinese

Jiang

Jiang is a surname from Mandarin, ultimately from Chinese.

No U.S. birth series

36% boys · 64% girls

Chinese · Modern

Jia

Jia is a surname from Mandarin.

41UncommonRising

>99% girls

Chinese

Jia Li

“one who is beautiful and kind”

No U.S. birth series

>99% girls

Sibling ideas

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