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Around the globe, นาว (Nao , นาว , Naow ) is a common mostly feminine, but seldom masculine forename. The first name นาว is habitual in Japan, where it is quite a rare principally feminine, but very seldom male name, Greece, where it is quite a rare gender-neutral name, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, where it is quite a rare dominantly male, but infrequently girly name. In absolute terms, it is commonest in Japan, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Indonesia. Also, นาว is the last name as well as the forename.
นาว is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Nao Midorikawa , the Pretty Cure character, Smile PreCure! and Nao Yuuki .