Jalu
given name · Latin script
Meaning: spur
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
/dʒlu/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Jalu is a given name written in the Latin script, most frequently recorded in Argentina.
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
One other spelling is counted as the same name:
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
spur
Sources 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Where in the world(measured from records)
Jalu counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national); INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000); Instate — India surnames (clean spellings) from electoral rolls; SRCEI — Nombres más comunes (guaguas, 1920–2021). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Jalu is also recorded in 3 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In Serbo-Croatian, dative/locative singular of jal
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Sundanese, a male (plant or animal)
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Swedish, jealous
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Michel Jalub. 1952FRFrench politician
- Serge Jalub. 1955FRFrench politician
- Armel Jalub. 1959FRFrench politician
- Suleiman Jalub. 2000NLDutch association football player
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 9 sources across 4 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| IN India | Instate — India surnames by state (real counts) from electoral rolls | — | 89 | #28,122 |
| AR Argentina | RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national) | — | 48 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1981 | 41 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1971 | 31 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1951 | 31 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1921 | 30 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1941 | 24 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1961 | 23 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1901 | 23 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1991 | 19 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1911 | 19 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1931 | 18 | — |
Reference works 3
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- Ethiopian name tokens (GitHub lehagere/ethiopian-names, 40/60 condominium list)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Jalu mean, and where does it come from?
- spur Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- How do you pronounce Jalu?
- A machine transcription gives /dʒlu/ (IPA) for Hindi.
- Is Jalu a male or female name?
- Jalu is recorded for both men and women. We don't publish a percentage split: a record's gender belongs to the person and is attached to every given name on that record, so names in cultures where a name string also carries a parent's or spouse's given name pick up large cross-gender counts.
- In which country does Jalu have the most bearers?
- Jalu is most frequently recorded in Argentina.
What do you want to know about Jalu?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/jaluThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Jalu”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.