Given name & surname
Malo
“a victorious man”
Malo is used as a given name and a surname. One Hawaiian interpretation is “a victorious man.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Hawaiian interpretation is “a victorious man.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Hawaiian.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1972. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Malo through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 75
- 75 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2025
- 11 babies
- 2025
- 11
- #7,493 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 11 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 7,493 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 206 as a first name in 2020; 2,374 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.
Malo’s family of names
In Welsh usage, Malo has a feminine form in Maches. In French usage, Malo has a conventional equivalent in the Italian form MACLOVIO. In French usage, Malo has a conventional equivalent in the Old Breton form Machlou.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Malo has relatives in 12 languages. Lines run from its Hawaiian roots to each of them.
17 related names in 12 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 4
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 3
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 19
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Malo
- Malo GustoFrench footballer (born 2003)
- MaloWelsh saint who became founder of Saint-Malo in Brittany520–621
- Malo QuéméneurFrench slalom canoeistborn 1998
- Malo VagaSamoan football manager and refereeborn 1965
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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