Jalo

From jalo (“noble, fine”). The first name could have been created in the 19th century, but judging from the surname Jalonen, could also have been a pre-Christian personal name or nickname.

• IPA^(key): /ˈjɑlo/, [ˈjɑ̝lo̞]
• Rhymes: -ɑlo
• Syllabification^(key): Ja‧lo
• Hyphenation^(key): Ja‧lo

Jalo

1. a male given name
   • 1976, Anneli Toijala, Lentäkää linnut, Tammi, →ISBN, page 97:

     —Siittä se Rauha sai sitte nimenki, sanoi Tekla.
     —Onkin sopiva nimi, sanoi Jalo.
     —Samanlainen kuin omasikin.
     —Jalo on niin komee nimi miähelle, Tekla sanoi, —Jalo Armas, heti sen näki, että se sopii.
     —Jos ei mies nimeä...Rauha mutisi.

     —That's how Rauha got her name, Tekla said.
     —A fitting one too, Jalo said.
     —Just like your own.
     —Jalo is such a nice male name, Tekla said, —Jalo Armas, right away you knew that it suited you.
     —Unless you...Rauha muttered.

2. a Finnish surname

• (surnames) Jalonen

• Jalo is the 359^th most common male given name in Finland, belonging to 946 male individuals (and as a middle name to 870 more), according to August 2025 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.
• Jalo is the 1346^th (tied with 3 other surnames) most common surname in Finland, belonging to 625 individuals, according to August 2025 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.

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