Đào: Name Meaning, Origin & Popularity

At a Glance

Meaning
Peach (tree/fruit); poetically extends to 'peach blossom'
Origin
Sino-Vietnamese
Gender
Girl
Pronunciation
DOW

Đào is a Sino-Vietnamese girl's name meaning “Peach (tree/fruit); poetically extends to 'peach blossom'”. It appears in 3 of our baby name lists.

Meaning & Origin of Đào

Meaning: Peach (tree/fruit); poetically extends to 'peach blossom'.

Origin: Sino-Vietnamese.

A common claim: Occasionally translated on English baby-name lists as 'cherry blossom' Actually: That conflates it with the Japanese cherry blossom (sakura); 'Đào' specifically denotes the peach, and 'hoa đào' (peach blossom) is a distinct, unrelated flower tradition.

Source: Wiktionary.

How to Pronounce Đào

DOWIPA /ˈdaʊ/

Popularity of Đào

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