In all the world, Tanou (Tanou 
) is quite a rare mostly female, but seldom masculine first name. The given name Tanou is habitual in Guinea, where it is quite a rare boy's name, India, where it is a rare primarily girly, but very infrequently boy's name, and France, where it is a very rare epicene name. Also, Tanou is the last name as well as the forename.