Joao \joao\ as a boy's name is a variant of John (Hebrew), and the meaning of Joao is "God is gracious".

The baby name Joao sounds like Ja-, Jay, Jai, Jae, Joe, Joey and Jo. Other similar baby names are Joab, Jeno, Jino, Jago, Jaq, Jak, Jaco, Jaap, Jock, Jan, Jano, Jean, Jiro, Joash, Job, Joby, Jobe, Jocko, Jody, Jodi, Joed, Joel, Juan, Jona, Jon, Jian, Jonn, Jonah, Jory, Jori, Jose, Joss, Joos, Joop, Josh, Jovi, Jove, Kojo and Noah.