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Around the globe, Polo (Polo
, Polus
, 波罗
, among others...) is a common dominantly male, but seldom girly first name. The first name Polo is habitual in Algeria, where it is quite a rare predominantly male, but very infrequently feminine name, the Dominican Republic, and Guatemala, where it is quite a rare boy's name. Measured by absolute frequency, the name is most common in India, Algeria, and Nigeria. More prevalently, Polo is the last name as well as the forename.
| VARIANT | COUNTRY |
|---|---|
| Polo | Spain, Colombia, Mexico, Peru, Algeria |
| Polus | Spain, Brazil, United States, Argentina, Venezuela |
| 波罗 | China |
| بولو | Iraq, Egypt, Sudan, Iran, Algeria |
| ポロ | Japan |
| پولو | Iran |
| Поло | Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Ukraine |
| โปโล | Thailand |
| פולו | Israel |
Polo 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.