Across the world, פולו (Polo 
, פולו 
) is a common dominantly male, but infrequently girly first name. The first name פולו is characteristic of Algeria, where it is quite a rare principally male, but very infrequently girly name, the Dominican Republic, and Guatemala, where it is quite a rare male name. In absolute terms, it is commonest in Algeria, India, and Nigeria. More frequently, פולו is the last name as well as the forename.
פולו is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Polo Baggins , the Middle-Earth character; Polo , the operatic character in the opera Marco Polo; Polo , the fictional character appearing in the movie « Mon père est femme de ménage »; Polo le frère de louis , the fictional character appearing in the movie « Avoir 16 ans », To Be Sixteen and Polo , the operatic character in the operetta Die drei Musketiere, among other works.