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Globally, เหย่า (Yao , เหย่า) is a common unisex forename. The first name เหย่า is characteristic of Macao, where it is quite a common gender-neutral name, Togo, where it is quite a common boy's name, and Ivory Coast, where it is quite a rare predominantly masculine, but scarcely girly name. In absolute terms, the name is most common in China, Ivory Coast, and Ghana. More prevalently, เหย่า is the last name as well as the forename.
เหย่า is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Yao Fei , the fictional character from the television series Arrow; Yao , the character from Disney's Mulan and Yao Fei , the DC Comics character, 52.