Throughout the world, علو (علو 
) is quite a rare gender-neutral given name. The given name علو is habitual in Sudan, where it is quite a rare unisex name, Iraq, where it is quite a rare mostly masculine, but seldom feminine name, and Libya, where it is quite a rare epicene name. Not in comparison with a country's population, the name is most common in Sudan, Iraq, and Saudi Arabia. More frequently, علو is the last name as well as the forename.