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Around the world, チャオ (Chao , Zhao , Chiao ) is a common epicene first name. The first name チャオ is habitual in Macao, where it is a common gender-neutral name, Singapore, where it is quite a rare unisex name, and Hong Kong. In absolute terms, it most frequently occurs in China, Indonesia, and the United States. Much more frequently, チャオ is the last name as well as the forename.
チャオ is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Zhao , the character in Avatar: The Last Airbender; Zhao Momo , the Dream of the Red Chamber character; Zhao Min , the The female lead character in the wuxia novel The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber by Jin Yong (Louis Cha); Zhao Ling-Er , the video game character, Chinese Paladin and Zhao Qi , the Investiture of the Gods character, among other works.