Nao (given name)

Nao
Gender	Female
Origin
Word/Name	Japanese
Meaning	many different meanings depending on the kanji used
Other names
Related names	Naoko Naomi

Nao (なお, ナオ^?) is a common feminine Japanese given name which is occasionally used by men. It is also a short name for Naoko, Naomi, Naoto, and etc.

Possible writings

Nao can be written using different kanji characters and can mean:

• 直, "honest"
• 尚, "esteem"
• 奈緒, "Nara, cord"
• 菜緒, "greens, cord"
• 奈央, "Nara, center"

The name can also be written in hiragana or katakana.

People

• Nao (alice nine) (ナオ), a drummer from Visual Kei band Alice Nine
• Nao Kawakita (奈緒, born 1975), drummer and backup vocalist of Japanese rock band Maximum the Hormone
• Nao Matsushita (奈緒, born 1985), Japanese actress and pianist
• Nao Nagasawa (奈央, born 1984), Japanese actress, singer and model
• Nao Oikawa (born 1981), Japanese AV actress and tarento
• Nao Ōmori (南朋, born 1972), Japanese actor
• Nao Saejima (奈緒, born 1968), Japanese AV actress
• Nao Takamori (奈緒, born 1973), Japanese voice actress
• Nao Toyama (奈央), a Japanese pop solo artist and former leader of Buzy
• Nao Yazawa (直), Japanese manga artist
• Nao Bustamante (born 1969), American performance artist
• Nao Takasugi (1922–2009), Japanese-American politician
• Nao Kodaira (born 1986), Japanese Olympic long-track speed skater

Characters

• Nao, a character in the manga series Inu Neko Jump!
• Nao, a character from the eroge series Boin and Resort Boin
• Nao Chikura (名央), a character in the manga series Hatsukoi Limited
• Nao Kanzaki (ナオ), the main protagonist in the manga and live actions series, Liar Game
• Nao Makinoha (奈緒), a character from the shōnen fantasy manga Midori No Hibi
• Nao Morisaki (七央), a character from the erotic visual novel Soul Link
• Nao Okuda (奥田), a character in the manga series K-On!
• Nao Yuuki (奈緒), a female character in the anime series My-HiME
• Nao Mariota Pryderi, a female character in the mmorpg Mabinogi

See also

• 13221 Nao, a Main-belt asteroid

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