Worldwide, Miao (Miao 
, เหมียว 
, Миао 
, along with others...) is quite a common unisex forename. The forename Miao is characteristic of Macao, where it is quite a rare girly name, Hong Kong, where it is quite a rare mostly feminine, but seldom male name, and Singapore, where it is quite a rare unisex name. In absolute terms, it most frequently occurs in China, the United States, and Indonesia. More frequently, Miao is the last name as well as the forename.
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| Miao | Philippines, Malaysia, Hong Kong, United States, China |
| เหมียว | Thailand |
| Миао | Russia |
| Мяо | Kazakhstan, Russia, Ukraine |
| ミャオ | Japan |
Miao is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: .
| he miao (b. 133) |
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| zhu miao Tang dynasty person CBDB=139249 (b. 599) |
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| miao ding Tang dynasty person CBDB = 141756 (b. 760) |
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miao miao Chinese actress (b. 1988) |
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| xu miao Chinese rower (b. 1976) |
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| hong zhi miao botanist |
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| lei miao researcher (ORCID 0000-0002-2281-2689) |
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| qian miao researcher (ORCID 0000-0002-1864-5697) |
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| kun miao researcher (ORCID 0000-0001-6567-3650) |
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| song miao researcher |
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| miao sheng person, CBDB = 148936 |
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| zuo qing miao botanist |
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| xiao-lan miao Chinese entomologist |
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| feng miao researcher ORCID 0000-0002-2863-3489 |
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| shuang miao Doctoral Chinese Academy of Sciences 2013 |
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