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Globally, شياو (Xiao , Hsiao , Siao ) is a common unisex forename. The given name شياو is characteristic of Macao, where it is quite a common unisex name, Singapore, and Hong Kong, where it is quite a rare gender-neutral name. Not in comparison with a country's population, this name is the most popular in China, the United States, and Indonesia. More prevalently, شياو is the last name as well as the forename.
شياو is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Xiao Chong Jinglue Xianggong , the Water Margin character; Xiao Zhang Xian , the Jin Ping Mei character; Xiao Zhou'er , the Jin Ping Mei character; Xiao Lon , the fictional character from KOF: Maximum Impact Regulation "A" and Xiao , the playable character in Genshin Impact, among other works.