Boy name Chinese (Mandarin) origin Buddhist tradition

Tao

TOW · 3 letters · 1 syllables
What it means
Great waves; the Way
Language
Chinese (Mandarin)
Culture
Chinese
Religion
Buddhist
Style era
classic
Themes
nature · water
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Popularity over time

2024 rank#9733
2024 births8
Peak year2021
First appeared1970
Total US births417
2021 peak19701984199720112024
Source: US Social Security Administration national records, 1880-2024.

Nicknames & variants

Alternate spellings
Tau
In other languages
Dao

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Notable people named Tao

Tao Yuanming (poet)