Bao

Featured in baby name books

Bao is a Chinese name read as “creative” or “treasure.” Bao is given as Vietnamese for “to order,” and as Arabic for “a man of knowledge.”

Sources: Baby Names Made Easy, The Everything Baby Names Book, 10,000 Baby Names

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Usage of Bao in different languages / cultures

The list below was created by gathering names from various sources for different languages, and then matching Bao against each list of names.

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Note: In some cases it is possible for the check mark to be missing even if Bao is used in a particular country, as almost no source name list has 100% coverage.

Bao in official name statistics

United States

In 2025, 10 boys were named Bao, making it the #7679 boys' name in the US. Since 1976, 850 boys have been named Bao, with the most (31) in 1986.

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Fewer than 5 girls were named Bao in the US in 2025. Since 1977, 580 girls have been named Bao, with the most (46) in 1990.

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Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880–2025. Names given to fewer than 5 babies in a year are not listed.

Other countries

Where	Rank	Count	Source
Switzerland (French-speaking region / Romandy)	#671 girls	2	Federal Statistical Office (FSO/BFS/OFS), 2025

Counts are babies born that year, or living people for "all ages" rows, as published by each country's statistics office or population register.

Bao in other languages

寶 Chinese

Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Towns named Bao

There are 497 towns and villages with Bao in their name, in 29 countries.

🇨🇳 China 258🇻🇳 Vietnam 144🇹🇭 Thailand 26🇹🇩 Chad 7🇨🇩 Democratic Republic of the Congo 6🇩🇴 Dominican Republic 5🇹🇼 Taiwan 5🇳🇪 Niger 4

Bao'an, Guangdong, China · population 4,476,554 · View larger map

Name	Where	Population
Bao'an	Guangdong, 🇨🇳 China	4,476,554	Map
Bảo Lộc	Lam Dong, 🇻🇳 Vietnam	170,920	Map
Lao Bảo	Quang Tri, 🇻🇳 Vietnam	12,862	Map
Bao	Bicol Region, 🇵🇭 Philippines	3,006	Map
El Bao	Asturias, 🇪🇸 Spain	16	Map
An Bảo	Gia Lai, 🇻🇳 Vietnam	–	Map
Ba Bao	Lai Châu Province, 🇻🇳 Vietnam	–	Map
Bae-Bao	Kwango, 🇨🇩 Democratic Republic of the Congo	–	Map
Ban Bao	Houaphan, 🇱🇦 Laos	–	Map
Ban Bao	Songkhla, 🇹🇭 Thailand	–	Map

Source: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Maps: OpenStreetMap.

Lakes named Bao

There are 7 lakes and reservoirs with Bao in their name, in 3 countries.

🇨🇳 China 3🇹🇭 Thailand 3🇩🇴 Dominican Republic 1

Name	Where
Ang Kep Nam Bung Ka Bao	Mukdahan, 🇹🇭 Thailand	Map
Ang Kep Nam Huai Ka Bao	Ubon Ratchathani, 🇹🇭 Thailand	Map
Bao’an Shuiku	Sichuan, 🇨🇳 China	Map
Bao’anshan Shuiku	Jiangxi, 🇨🇳 China	Map
Embalse de Bao	Santiago Province, 🇩🇴 Dominican Republic	Map
Sa Nam Ban Bao	Songkhla, 🇹🇭 Thailand	Map
Yecheng Xian Bao’er Shuiku	Xinjiang, 🇨🇳 China	Map

Source: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Maps: OpenStreetMap.

Bao songs

2 songs and musical works on Wikidata have Bao in their title. The best known:

A Bao A Qu – Boris (2005)
Bao giờ lấy chồng? – Bích Phương (2017)

Song data: Wikidata (CC0), ordered by how widely each song is covered on Wikipedia.

Fictional characters named Bao

Characters from films and TV series, from Wikidata, ordered by how widely they are covered on Wikipedia.

Bao Huang

One Piece

Character data: Wikidata (CC0). Images: Wikimedia Commons; click an image for its author and licence.

Bao as a pet name

FurryName has found 59 dogs named Bao in public pet registers, making it the #2,257 dog name there. Most of them are registered in Seattle (4), Vancouver (2), Maple Ridge (1). Bao as a dog name →

Names popular for both babies and dogs

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