Cilou
given name · Dutch · Latin script
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Cilou is a given name, most frequently recorded in Belgium. It appears chiefly in Dutch and French, written in the Latin script.
- BEBelgium1 in 20K◐
- FRFrance1 in 2M
carrying the name, one hue, darker where it is more common. Hover a country for its figure.
- 1.1K ●
- Sources
- 31 ●
in 2 countries
329 records
Official registry-verified
Meaning & origin
No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.
Where in the world●
Sorted by bearers counted by national registers, records where none counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BE Belgium | 788 | 5 rec. | — | 82 | Cilou | 5 |
| FR France | 269 | 323 rec. | — | — | Cilou | 31 |
| NL Netherlands | — | 0 rec. | — | listed | — | 1 |
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Languages●
- Dutch78373%
- French27326%
Show as table
| Name | Records | Note |
|---|---|---|
| Dutch | 783 | 73% |
| French | 273 | 26% |
Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.
Over time●
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| Year | records |
|---|---|
| 2010 | 19 |
| 2011 | 20 |
| 2012 | 11 |
| 2013 | 20 |
| 2014 | 23 |
| 2015 | 32 |
| 2016 | 30 |
| 2017 | 53 |
| 2018 | 47 |
| 2019 | 70 |
| 2020 | 92 |
| 2021 | 107 |
| 2022 | 88 |
| 2023 | 86 |
| 2024 | 82 |
BE Statbel — Prénoms nouveau-nés (newborns) — 15 years between 2010–2024. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.
Notable people with this name●
- Cilou Zelkineb. 1941FRFrench artist (born 1941)
- Cilou Annysb. 1991BEBelgian beauty pageant contestant
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).
Evidence●
Attested in 3 sources across 2 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BE Belgium | Statbel — Prénoms nouveau-nés (newborns) | 2021 | 107 | #82 |
| BE Belgium | Statbel — Prénoms nouveau-nés (newborns) | 2020 | 92 | #89 |
| BE Belgium | Statbel — Prénoms nouveau-nés (newborns) | 2022 | 88 | #96 |
| BE Belgium | Statbel — Prénoms nouveau-nés (newborns) | 2023 | 86 | #96 |
| BE Belgium | Statbel — Prénoms nouveau-nés (newborns) | 2024 | 82 | #95 |
| BE Belgium | Statbel — Prénoms nouveau-nés (newborns) | 2019 | 70 | #140 |
| BE Belgium | Statbel — Prénoms nouveau-nés (newborns) | 2017 | 53 | #193 |
| BE Belgium | Statbel — Prénoms nouveau-nés (newborns) | 2018 | 47 | #221 |
| BE Belgium | Statbel — Prénoms nouveau-nés (newborns) | 2015 | 32 | #322 |
| BE Belgium | Statbel — Prénoms nouveau-nés (newborns) | 2016 | 30 | #334 |
| BE Belgium | Statbel — Prénoms nouveau-nés (newborns) | 2014 | 23 | #445 |
| BE Belgium | Statbel — Prénoms nouveau-nés (newborns) | 2013 | 20 | #509 |
Reference works 1
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 16 rows in the corpus for this spelling.
Frequently asked questions
- How common is the name Cilou?
- Our records include 1,058 bearers of Cilou across 2 countries — a sample of the full distribution.
- In which country does Cilou have the most bearers?
- Cilou is most frequently recorded in Belgium, where it is most often spelled cilou.
- Is Cilou a male or female name?
- Cilou is a female 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.
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About this data
Data snapshot . Figures are rebuilt periodically and will change.
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, “Cilou”. Data snapshot 2026-09-12.