Given name
Malou
Malou is a feminine given name from French. It is used in French and Danish.
Original FrenchMarie-Louise
Meaning & origin
How it developed
In French usage, Malou is a diminutive of MARIE-LOUISE.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2024. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Malou through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 7
- 0 boys · 7 girls
- Most popular year
- 2024
- 7 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 7 in 2024. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 304 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Malou’s family of names
In French usage, Malou is a diminutive of MARIE-LOUISE.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Malou
- Malou PrytzSwedish singerborn 2003
- Malou PheninckxDutch field hockey player (1991-)
- Malou EjdesgaardDanish tennis playerborn 1991
- MaLou LindholmSwedish politicianborn 1948
- Malou HanssonSwedish actor-modelborn 1983
- Malou von SiversSwedish TV host and journalistborn 1953
- Malou AamundFolketinget memberborn 1969
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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