Tamao (written: 玉緒, 玉男 or 珠緒) is a feminine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include:

, Japanese freelance announcer , Japanese actress , Japanese retired professional boxer , Japanese actress and voice actress , Japanese runner , Japanese puppeteer

Fictional characters Tamao Mitsurugi, a character in the Variable Geo series Tamao Suzumi, a character in the Strawberry Panic! anime Tamao Tamamura, a character from Shaman King Tamao Tomoe, a character from the Revue Starlight franchise

See also 31061 Tamao, an asteroid discovered on October 10, 1996 Tamão, 16th-century Portuguese settlement in today's Hong Kong