Throughout the world, Nao (Nao 
, Nau 
, ナオ ) is a common epicene first name. The given name Nao is habitual in Japan, where it is quite a rare primarily feminine, but very seldom boy's name, Maldives, where it is quite a rare feminine name, and Greece, where it is quite a rare unisex name. Measured by absolute frequency, the name is most common in Japan, India, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. More prevalently, Nao is the last name as well as the forename.
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| Nao | Myanmar, Germany, China, United States, Japan |
| Nau | Myanmar, Germany, Nepal, United States, China |
| ナオ | Japan |
| Нао | Ukraine, Russia |
Nao is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Nao Midorikawa , the Pretty Cure character, Smile PreCure! and Nao Yuuki .
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sakamoto nao (b. 1842) |
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nao takasugi American politician, US (b. 1922) |
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nao okabe Japanese sprinter (b. 1988) |
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nao yoshioka Japanese soul singer based in New York, JP (b. 1988) |
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nao fukuda sportsperson, JP |
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| hammer nao Japanese boxer, JP (b. 1974) |
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| nao higano (b. 1965) |
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| nao seki researcher |
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| nao yoneda researcher |
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| nao murakami Master of Science, aeronautics and astronautics, University of Washington |
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| nao hirokawa Ph.D. Universität Innsbruck 2006 |
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| nao horigome Japanese volleyball player |
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| nao shiraishi researcher (ORCID 0000-0003-4089-1816) |
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| nao urushibata researcher (ORCID 0000-0003-4586-2256) |
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| nao yoshida researcher (ORCID 0000-0002-3783-2121) |
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