Meaning & origin
A reliable meaning for Misao isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1905. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Misao through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 337
- 0 boys · 337 girls
- Most popular year
- 1924
- 29 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 1932. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 29 in 1924. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 206 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Misao’s family of names
In Japanese usage, Misao is a Roman-alphabet rendering of 操. In Japanese usage, Misao is a Roman-alphabet rendering of 海沙緒. In Japanese usage, Misao is a Roman-alphabet rendering of 美佐緒.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Spellings & scripts 3
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Misao
- Misao TamaiJapanese association football player (1903-1978)
- Misao OkawaJapanese supercentenarian (1898-2015)
- Misao FujimuraJapanese writer1886–1903
- Misao Sekiactor1884
Characters named Misao: Makimachi Misao (Rurouni Kenshin).
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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