Entry № 1260 · Chinese origin

Bao Bao — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ BOW /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Chinese
Meaning
"Treasure, precious"
Syllables
1
First recorded
Ancient (Chinese)

A name that means "treasure, precious".

Bao (寶) is the Mandarin Chinese word for "treasure" or "precious." Used in compound names (Baozhu "precious pearl") and as a term of endearment.

Bao Tong (1932-2022) was the Chinese reformist political figure.

Treasure. The Pixar short title.

The name in its native script.

Transliteration
Bǎo
Pronunciation
/ baʊ /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Bao stands.

Bao does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Baos before her.

Real people
Bao Tong
Chinese reformist.
1932 – 2022
In fiction
Bao
Title of 2018 Pixar Oscar-winning short.
Domee Shi, 2018

Names connected to Bao.

The number behind Bao.

9

The Giver

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Bao reduce to 9, The Giver. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.