Mao (given name)

Mao (written: 真央, 真緒, 真桜, 麻央, 麻緒, 万桜 or 真大) is a unisex Japanese given name. People with the name include:

• Mao Abe (阿部 真央; born 1990), Japanese singer-songwriter
• Mao Arai (新井 万央; born 2003), Japanese judoka
• Mao Asada (浅田 真央; born 1990), Japanese figure skater
• Mao Daichi (大地 真央; born 1956), Japanese actress
• Mao Denda (傳田 真央; born 1980), Japanese singer-songwriter
• Mao Fujita (藤田 真央; born 1998), Japanese male pianist
• Mao Hamasaki [ja] (浜崎真緒; born 1993), former Japanese adult actress and discjockey
• Mao Hosoya (細谷 真大; born 2001), Japanese male footballer
• Mao Ichimichi (市道 真央; born 1992), Japanese actress and voice actress
• Mao Ichiyama (一山 麻緒; born 1997), Japanese long-distance runner
• Mao Inoue (井上 真央; born 1987), Japanese actress
• Mao Ishigaki (石垣 真央; born 1991), Japanese curler
• Mao Ishikawa (石川 真生; born 1953), Okinawan photographer and activist
• Mao Izumi (泉 真生; born 1996), Japanese judoka
• Mao Kiyota (清田 真央; 1993), Japanese long distance runner
• Mao Kobayashi (actress) (小林 麻央; 1982 – 2017), Japanese actress
• Mao Kobayashi (Japanese idol) (小林 万桜; born 1992), Japanese junior idol
• Mao Kunii (born 1996), Japanese rhythmic gymnast
• Mao Kurata [ja] (倉多まお; born 1994), Japanese adult actress
• Mao Miyaji (宮地 真緒; born 1984), Japanese actress
• Mao Murakami (村上 真魚; born 1995), Japanese J-pop dancer
• Mao Saigo (西郷 真央; born 2001), Japanese professional golfer
• Mao Shimada (島田 麻央; born 2008), Japanese figure skater