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Around the globe, ห่าว (Hao , ห่าว) is a common dominantly masculine, but uncommonly girly given name. The first name ห่าว is habitual in Macao, where it is quite a common unisex name, Vietnam, where it is quite a common primarily male, but very seldom feminine name, and Belize, where it is quite a common masculine name. Not in comparison with a country's population, the name is most common in Vietnam, China, and the United States. More frequently, ห่าว is the last name as well as the forename.
ห่าว is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Hao Asakura , the fictional character from Shaman King.