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Around the globe, เมา (Mao
, เมา
, Drunn
) is a common gender-neutral forename. The given name เมา is habitual in Mongolia, where it is quite a common girly name, Djibouti, where it is quite a common boy's name, and Equatorial Guinea, where it is quite a rare boy's name. Not in comparison with a country's population, it is the most numerous in Mongolia, China, and Cameroon. More frequently, เมา is the last name as well as the forename.
| VARIANT | COUNTRY |
|---|---|
| Mao | Mongolia, Tanzania, Myanmar, United States, China |
| เมา | Thailand |
| Drunn | Brazil, United States, United Kingdom, Thailand |
| Hmaou | France |
เมา 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.