Nao (given name)
Nao is a common feminine Japanese given name which is occasionally used by males. It is also a short name for Naoko, Naomi, Naoto, etc.
Written forms
Nao can be written using different kanji characters and can mean:- 直, "honest"
- 尚, "esteem"
- 巨, "giant"
- 奈緒, "Nara, cord"
- 菜緒, "greens, cord"
- 奈央, "Nara, center"
People
- Nao, a drummer from Visual Kei band Alice Nine
- Nao, Japanese singer and former lead singer of the band fripSide
- Nao, Japanese actress
- Nao Asahi, Japanese tarento
- Nao Deguchi, founder of Oomoto
- Nao Eguchi, Japanese footballer
- Nao Furuhata, member of the girl group SKE48
- Nao Hibino, Japanese pro tennis player
- Nao Higashihama, Japanese baseball pitcher
- Nao Horomura, Japanese male swimmer
- Nao Kawakita, drummer and backup vocalist of Japanese rock band Maximum the Hormone
- Nao Kodaira, Japanese Olympic long-track speed skater
- Nao Kosaka, Japanese idol, model, actress and member of the girl group Hinatazaka46
- Nao Shohtoku, Japanese icon, and actress, and member of the girl group GNG WHT
- Nao Matsushita, Japanese actress and pianist
- Nao Nagasawa, Japanese actress, singer and model
- Nao Nagasawa, Japanese voice actress
- Nao Oikawa, Japanese AV idol and tarento
- Nao Ōmori, Japanese actor
- Nao Saejima, Japanese AV idol
- Nao Suzuki, Japanese cyclist
- Nao Takamori, Japanese voice idol
- Nao Takasugi, Japanese-American politician
- Nao Tamura, a Japanese voice actress
- Nao Tōyama, a Japanese pop solo artist and former leader of Buzy (band)
- Nao Ueki, member of the girl group HKT48.
- Nao Watanabe, Japanese singer
- Nao Yasuda, former member of Kamen Rider Girls
- Nao Yazawa, Japanese manga artist
Characters
- Nao, a character in the manga series Inu Neko Jump!
- Nao Chikura, a character in the manga series Hatsukoi Limited
- Nao Egokoro, a character from the visual novel Your Turn to Die
- Nao Kamiya, a character in the mobile game and anime The Idolmaster Cinderella Girls
- Nao Kanzaki, the main protagonist in the manga and live actions series, Liar Game
- Nao Makinoha, a character from the shōnen fantasy manga Midori No Hibi
- Nao Mariota Pryderi, a female character in the MMORPG Mabinogi
- Nao Midorikawa, a character in Smile PreCure!, the 9th season in the Pretty Cure franchise
- Nao Morisaki, a character from the erotic visual novel Soul Link
- Nao Okuda, a character in the manga series K-On!
- Nao Tomori, a character in the anime series Charlotte
- List of Sakamoto Days characters#JAA and JCC, a female character in the action-comedy manga and anime series Sakamoto Days
- Nao Yasumori, a female character in the anime and manga series Shiki (novel series)
- Nao Yuuki, a female character in the anime series My-HiME
- Nao Yoshikawa, the main character in the manga and live action series Good Morning Call
- Nao, a female character from the video game ''Omega Strikers''