Nao is a girl's name of Japanese origin. Its meaning is not recorded in the standard references we check — we would rather tell you that plainly than guess. In England & Wales it was given to 3 girls in 2004.
Nao belongs to the Japanese tradition. Its roots are documented, even though its precise meaning is not recorded in the standard references — an honest gap we prefer to a confident guess.
In the United States, Nao first appears in Social Security records in 1980. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #8405 in 1998, and in 2024 0 babies received the name — 95 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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The meaning of Nao is not recorded in the standard references we check. Rather than repeat an unsourced claim, we leave it open — its Japanese origin is documented, but its exact meaning is not.
Nao is a girl name. In England & Wales, 3 babies received the name in 2004.
Nao comes from the Japanese tradition.
Nao first appears in US records in 1980. Its best-ever ranking was #8405 in 1998, and 0 babies were given the name in 2024.
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. England & Wales figures are from the Office for National Statistics. If you spot an error, write to hello@namepetal.com — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.
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