In the world, Barou (Barou 
, Barreau 
, 巴鲁 
) is a rare masculine forename. The forename Barou is characteristic of Mali, where it is a rare boy's name, Algeria, and Libya. Not in comparison with a country's population, it most frequently occurs in Algeria, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Mali. More frequently, Barou is the last name as well as the forename.