Worldwide, Fayao (发耀 
, Fayao 
) is a rare predominantly boy's, but scarcely feminine first name. The first name Fayao is characteristic of China, where it is a very rare male name, Pakistan, where it is an extremely rare masculine name, and Nigeria, where it is an extremely rare unisex name. Very seldom, Fayao is the last name as well as the forename.