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包 Bao — a rarer surname
78.8 / 100 overall fit
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| Pinyin | Bao |
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| Strokes | 5 |
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| Commonness | outside the top 100 |
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| Type | single-character |
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Where the surname comes from
A surname meaning 'to wrap', forever linked with the incorruptible judge Bao Zheng.
Why it scores this way
Easy to say96
Reads the way it looks for an English speaker — no sounds English doesn't have.
Recognised in China49
Outside the top 100 — distinctive, but some people will ask you to repeat or write it.
Easy to write95
5 strokes — one of the simpler surnames to write and sign.
People who carried this name
- Bao Zheng — Song dynasty judge (999–1062), celebrated for fairness — 'Bao the Just' of folklore.
- Pao Yue-kong (Yue-Kong Pao) — Chinese shipping magnate, founder of World-Wide Shipping, one of the first Asian business tycoons in Hong Kong.
- Bao Shichen — Qing-dynasty scholar, calligrapher, and statescraft thinker, known for his essays on economics and practical governance.
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