Pao
given name · Latin script
Meaning: nonstandard spelling of pāo
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/ˈpaʊ/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Pao is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country. In Antigua & Barbuda it is the 77th most common given name.
- USUnited States1 in 182K(measured from records)
- AGAntigua & Barbuda≈1 in 4.3K
- MYMalaysia≈1 in 45K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- United States (measured from records)
- 2 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 255 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 4.3K (inferred from the name graph)
1,823 people, 2020
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Antigua & Barbuda, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
nonstandard spelling of pāo
Sources 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Attested across 6 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Pao counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | — | 1,823 | 1 in 182K | 1.5K | Pao | 255 |
| PH Philippines | — | ≈890 est. | ≈1 in 123K | — | Pao | 32 |
| MY Malaysia | — | ≈730 est. | ≈1 in 45K | — | Pao | 31 |
| ES Spain | — | ≈400 est. | ≈1 in 124K | 12 | Pao | 12 |
| CA Canada | — | ≈250 est. | ≈1 in 150K | — | Pao | 65 |
| AG Antigua & Barbuda | #77 | ≈23 est. | ≈1 in 4.3K | — | Pao | 1 |
1,823 people counted by Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex, 2020. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Pao is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In Vietnamese, pound (unit of mass)
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In cdo, P'e^j . A coll. word : hot : p'ek^ jo'e>t, yek^ very warm, hot, piping hot ― the same as in , />'e, q- V.
as a wordAn Alphabetic Dictionary of the Chinese Language in the Foochow Dialect
In Khmer, kind of Chinese gam> bling game. 2. p. large
as a wordHeadley, Cambodian-English Dictionary, Volume I (ក-ភ)
In ch, odor, smell, scent, aroma (as of perfume, gas, etc.)
as a wordAustronesian Comparative Dictionary (ACD), CLDF v2.0
In Serbo-Croatian, masculine singular active past participle of pȁsti
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Empress Bob. 150CNnot in their usual nameSpouse of Emperor Jing of Han (died 147 BC)
- Bo Yibob. 1908CNnot in their usual nameChinese politician (1908-2007)
- Bao Tongb. 1932CNnot in their usual namePolicy secretary of former CCP general secretary & Chinese premier Zhao Ziyang (1932–2022)
- Bo Xilaib. 1949CNnot in their usual nameformer Politburo member of the Chinese Communist Party
- Paw Hee-chingb. 1949CNnot in their usual nameHong Kong actress and programme host
- Bao Xishunb. 1951CNnot in their usual nameFormerly world’s tallest man
- Peter Paub. 1952USnot in their usual nameHong Kong cinematographer
- Zhenan Baob. 1970CNnot in their usual nameChinese American chemical engineer
- Qu Bob. 1981CNnot in their usual nameChinese footballer
- Bao Chunlaib. 1983CNnot in their usual nameChinese badminton player
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 27 sources across 14 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 1.5K | #8,064 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 348 | #8,064 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1991 | 29 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1989 | 25 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1983 | 25 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1986 | 20 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1993 | 18 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1990 | 17 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1987 | 17 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1985 | 17 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1984 | 17 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1992 | 16 | — |
Reference works 4
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Pao mean, and where does it come from?
- nonstandard spelling of pāo Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- How do you pronounce Pao?
- A machine transcription gives /ˈpaʊ/ (IPA) for English.
- Is Pao a male or female name?
- Pao is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- In which country does Pao have the most bearers?
- In the United States, the national register counted about 1.8 thousand people named Pao, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled pao.
- How common is the name Pao?
- In the United States, the national register counted 1,823 people named Pao in 2020, about 1 in 182 thousand residents.
- How common is Pao compared with other names?
- In Antigua & Barbuda, Pao is the 77th most common given name of 3,327 given names recorded there.
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/paoThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Pao” — the 77th most common given name in Antigua & Barbuda. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.