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Around the world, ماو (Mau , Mao , ماو ) is a widespread male given name. The first name ماو is characteristic of Mongolia, where it is quite a common girly name, India, where it is quite a common masculine name, and Djibouti. In absolute terms, it is the most numerous in India, Indonesia, and Mongolia. Likewise, ماو is the last name as well as the forename.
ماو is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Mao Tse-tung , the operatic character in the opera Nixon in China by John Adams; Mao Zedong , the puppet from Québec, Le requin blanc se multiplie; Mao , the character in Darker than Black and Mao Chou , the Beyblade character.