Diallo

Meaning & origin●

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Diallo is also recorded as 2 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• English surname67K records spelled Diallo9 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Belgium, Côte d’Ivoire, Switzerland

  Languages: English, Dutch, German

  Also written Dìallo, Diällö, Dïāllō, Diaĺlo

• Polish surname908 records spelled Diallo4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Poland, Czechia, United States, Netherlands

  Languages: Polish, Czech, Slovak

  Also written Diàllo

81 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Diallo is also recorded in 4 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In French, Diallo: a surname from Fula

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• West Africa

  as a name·African Names

• In German, aus Senegal stammender männl. Vom., der in der Malinke-Sprache »der Kühne« bedeutet.

  as a name·DUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen

• Bold one.

  as a name·The African book of names

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.

Over time●

US SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) — 45 years between 1971–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Mohamed Juldeh Jallohb. 1970SLnot in their usual nameSierra Leonean politician
• Mamadou Diallob. 1971SNSenegalese footballer (born 1971)
• Rachel Dolezalb. 1977USnot in their usual nameAmerican transracial activist
• Black Mb. 1984FRnot in their usual nameFrench-Guinean rapper and singer-songwriter
• Abdoulaye Diallob. 1992FRSenegalese and French footballer (born March 1992)
• Mouhamadou Diallob. 1995SNSenegalese association football player (born 1995)
• Abdou Diallob. 1996FRFrench-Senegalese footballer (born 1996)
• Alpha Diallob. 1997USAmerican basketball player
• Hamidou Diallob. 1998USAmerican basketball player (born 1998)
• Amad Diallob. 2002CIIvorian association football player (born 2002)

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●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 128 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Diallo?

We estimate roughly 25 thousand people bear Diallo (counting its spellings and scripts) across 13 countries in our records.

In which country does Diallo have the most bearers?

Diallo is most frequently recorded in Mauritania, where it is most often spelled diallo.

How common is Diallo compared with other names?

In Mauritania, Diallo is the 3rd most common surname of 1,762 surnames recorded there.

What does the name Diallo mean?

Recorded meaning: A Fula surname from French [in turn from Fula].