All over the world, Balao (巴佬 
, Balao 
, Balão ) is a rare primarily masculine, but very infrequently girly first name. The forename Balao is characteristic of Philippines, where it is a rare principally masculine, but very infrequently female name, Indonesia, where it is a very rare boy's name, and India, where it is an extremely rare epicene name. More prevalently, Balao is the last name as well as the forename.