Given name & surname · also Sanskrit
Kalo
“black”
Kalo is a masculine given name from Sanskrit. It is used in Romani.
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Kalo comes from Sanskrit, and ultimately from Proto-Dravidian.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2011. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Kalo through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 103
- 103 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2025
- 19 babies
- 2025
- 19
- #5,119 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +100%
- Rising fast
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 19 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 5,119 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 171 as a first name in 2020; 324 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.
Kalo’s family of names
Kalo has a related form in Káló. In Greek usage, Kalo as a surname is a transliteration of Κάλο. In Greek usage, Kalo as a surname is a transliteration of Καλό.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
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