Pallu
given name · Latin script
Meaning: Distinguished, separated, or wonderful (derived from the Hebrew root 'pala')
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/paluː/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Pallu is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in France than in any other country.
- FRFrance≈1 in 7.8M(inferred from the name graph)
- GBUnited Kingdom≈1 in 20M
- BRBrazil≈1 in 35M
carrying the name, as Mondonomo estimates it from our sources: no national register counts it in these countries. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- France (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 36 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 7.8M (inferred from the name graph)
≈9 people, est.
Highest-authority source
France, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
Distinguished, separated, or wonderful (derived from the Hebrew root 'pala').
Sources 1
- Biblical Names Compiled Database
Attested across 4 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Pallu counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FR France | ≈9 est. | ≈1 in 7.8M | 70 | — | 1 |
| US United States | ≈7 est. | ≈1 in 47M | — | Pallu | 18 |
| BR Brazil | ≈6 est. | ≈1 in 35M | 406 | — | — |
| GB United Kingdom | ≈3 est. | ≈1 in 20M | listed | Pallu | 6 |
| IN India | — | — | 122 | Pallu | 36 |
| PK Pakistan | — | — | — | Pallu | 5 |
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: Instate — India surnames (clean spellings) from electoral rolls; IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname); INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000); the hanks-dictionary-surnames-1988 register. 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)
Pallu is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In French, near a marsh or fen, OF palu (L palus), or habitation name from any of the numerous minor places named with this word. Vars.: Pamies, Pamias. Pane see Pain Var.: Panas (not dim.). Patrs.: Pol.: Pankiewicz; Panasewicz (not dim.). Russ.: Panov. Habitation name: Pol.: Pankowski. Vars.: Palu(t), Palud; Lapalu(e), Lapalud, Lapalus. Dim.: Paluel. Aug.: Paluat.
as a nameThe Oxford Names Companion - The definitive guide to Surnames, First Names, and Place Names of the British Isles
In French, near a marsh or fen, OFpalu (Lpalus), or habitation name Palmer Pantaleone 404 from any of the numerous minor places named with this word. *pinnetense, a deriv. of *pinnetum, itself a collective of L pinna rock, crag (see Pena) . Vars.: Palu(t), Palud; Lapalu(e), Lapalud, Lapalus.
as a nameA dictionary of surnames
In English, Biblical name
as a namePronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names
In English, The usually decorated end of a sari that hangs loose when worn.
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Welsh, to fail, to cease, to perish, to be destroyed
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)
- Étienne Pallub. 1588FRFrench politician (1588-1670)
- Victor Pallub. 1604FRFrench canon and physician
- François Pallub. 1626FRFrench bishop
- Louis-Théophile Pallu du Parcb. 1804FRRoman Catholic bishop
- Alphonse Pallub. 1808FRFrench proprietor (1808-1880)
- Hilaire-Narcisse Pallub. 1813FRarchitect from France (1813-1888)
- Peeter Pallub. 1866Estonian writer (1866-1897)
- Georges Pallub. 1869FRFrench screenwriter and film director (1869–1948)
- Étienne PalluFRFrench politician (fl. 1611-1613)
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 12 sources across 7 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BR Brazil | IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname) | — | 406 | #20,479 |
| IN India | Instate — India surnames by state (real counts) from electoral rolls | — | 141 | #17,982 |
| IN India | Instate — India surnames (clean spellings) from electoral rolls | — | 122 | #24,830 |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1961 | 81 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1951 | 77 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1941 | 77 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1981 | 75 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1971 | 72 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1991 | 70 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1921 | 69 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1931 | 62 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1911 | 43 | — |
Reference works 2
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- jeantosti.com — Dictionnaire des noms de famille de France et d'ailleurs (Jean Tosti)
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 Pallu mean, and where does it come from?
- Distinguished, separated, or wonderful (derived from the Hebrew root 'pala'). Recorded by Biblical Names Compiled Database.
- How do you pronounce Pallu?
- A machine transcription gives /paluː/ (IPA) for Hindi.
- Is Pallu a male or female name?
- Pallu is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- In which country does Pallu have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 9 people named Pallu in France, more than in any other country we hold.
- How common is the name Pallu?
- Mondonomo estimates about 9 people in France have Pallu as their first given name, about 1 in 7.8 million residents. No national register counts it there; the figure is ours, calibrated against the registers that do.
What do you want to know about Pallu?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/palluThe 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, “Pallu”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.