Given name & surname
Diallo
“one who is bold”
Diallo is used as a given name and a surname. One African interpretation is “one who is bold.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One African interpretation is “one who is bold.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is African.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1971. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Diallo through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 811
- 806 boys · 5 girls
- Most popular year
- 1972
- 81 babies
- 2025
- 10
- #7,804 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +69%
- Rising fast
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 10 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 7,804 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for boys was 76 in 1972. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 687 as a first name in 2020; 12,454 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Diallo’s family of names
In English usage, Diallo as a surname shares an earlier linguistic root with JALLO. In French usage, Diallo as a surname shares a linguistic root with the English form JALLOW. In English usage, Diallo as a surname shares an earlier linguistic root with JALLOW.
The ring: across languages.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Diallo
- Diallo TelliGuinean diplomat and politician (1925-1977)
- Diallo GuidileyeMauritanian and French association football playerborn 1989
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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