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Around the world, ナオ (Nao
, ナオ
) is a common mostly feminine, but seldom boy's first name. The given name ナオ is characteristic of Japan, where it is quite a rare primarily feminine, but scarcely boy's name, Greece, where it is quite a rare gender-neutral name, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, where it is quite a rare mostly male, but uncommonly female name. Measured by absolute frequency, it most frequently occurs in Japan, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Indonesia. More prevalently, ナオ is the last name as well as the forename.
ナオ is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Nao Midorikawa , the Pretty Cure character, Smile PreCure! and Nao Yuuki .