| 姚 | yáo | handsome; good-looking; surname Yao |
| 余姚 | Yú yáo | Yuyao county level city in Ningbo 宁波, Zhejiang |
| 大姚 | Dà yáo | Dayao county in Chuxiong Yi autonomous prefecture 楚雄彝族自治州, Yunnan |
| 大姚县 | Dà yáo xiàn | Dayao county in Chuxiong Yi autonomous prefecture 楚雄彝族自治州, Yunnan |
| 姚安 | Yáo ān | Yao'an county in Chuxiong Yi autonomous prefecture 楚雄彝族自治州, Yunnan |
| 姚安县 | Yáo Ān xiàn | Yao'an county in Chuxiong Yi autonomous prefecture 楚雄彝族自治州, Yunnan |
| 姚思廉 | Yáo Sī lián | Yao Silian (557-637), Tang writer and compiler of 梁书 and 陳書 陈书 |
| 姚文元 | Yáo Wén yuán | Yao Wenyuan (1931-2005), one of the Gang of Four |
| 姚明 | Yáo Míng | Yao Ming (Chinese NBA star player) |
| 姚滨 | Yáo Bīn | Yao Bin (1957-), PRC champion ice skater during early 1980s and more recently national skating coach |
| 姚雪垠 | Yáo Xuě yín | Yao Xueyin (1910-1999), PRC novelist, author of historical novel Li Zicheng 李自成 |
| 余姚市 | Yú yáo shì | Yuyao county level city in Ningbo 宁波, Zhejiang |
